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Article: With new telescope, a fresh view of the cosmos.(Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- June 11, 2008
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Byline: Peter N. Spotts Staff Writer for The Christian Science Monitor
A spacecraft called GLAST is set to open a new window on the high-octane cosmos.
The orbiting observatory, designed to detect high-energy gamma rays, is slated for launch perhaps as early as June 11. It's designed to explore the most energetic, exotic phenomena the universe has to offer. These range from tight beams of particles hurtling across vast distances from the center of young, active galaxies to the more fleeting gamma ray bursts thought to occur when neutron stars collide or an exploding star collapses to form a black hole.
Compared with the often sedate views of ...