DePauw6 年
High Energy Gamma Ray Astrophysics
VERITAS, the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System, is a ground based very high energy (VHE) gamma-ray observatory. VERITAS was designed and constructed for the purpose of detecting ...
Einstein Probe Detects Mysterious Blast of X-Rays From the Early Universe
On March 15, 2024, a space-based observatory detected bursts of low-energy X-rays from deep in the ancient universe, ...
来自MSN1 年
Gamma-ray bursts: Harvesting knowledge from the universe's most powerful explosions
It would take another two decades and contributions from the Italian Space Agency's BeppoSax and NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory to show that these outbursts occur far beyond our Milky Way ...
来自MSN1 个月
Huge black hole on fire, emits gamma rays billions times stronger than visible light
a ground-based gamma-ray observatory located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in southern Arizona. UCLA played a pivotal role in developing VERITAS, from the electronics that read the ...
Purdue University6 年
Gamma-ray bursts challenge theoretical models
26 issue of the journal Nature. In the past four years, the team of astronomers working at the Smithsonian's Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory in Arizona has observed high-energy gamma-ray bursts ...
Business Today3 个月
World’s Highest Gamma Ray Telescope
MACE detected gamma-ray flares from objects 200 million light years away, highlighting its capabilities and the scientific potential of this high-altitude observatory. '2 stars became one': Hubble ...