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New Source of Gamma Rays Revealed by NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope

Posted on August 5, 2014 by PlatoHagel

These images show Fermi data centered on each of the four gamma-ray novae observed by the LAT. Colors indicate the number of detected gamma rays with energies greater than 100 million electron volts (blue indicates lowest, yellow highest). Image Credit:  … Continue reading →

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Jet Creation

Posted on December 18, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Dialogos of Eide

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Cosmic Particle Creation

Posted on February 20, 2013 by PlatoHagel

The husks of exploded stars produce some of the fastest particles in the cosmos. New findings by NASA’s Fermi show that two supernova remnants accelerate protons to near the speed of light. The protons interact with nearby interstellar gas clouds, … Continue reading →

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Supernova Remnant W49B

Posted on February 20, 2013 by PlatoHagel

Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/MIT/L.Lopez et al; Infrared: Palomar; Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA  The highly distorted supernova remnant shown in this image may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The image combines X-rays from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory … Continue reading →

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13.7 Billion Years(Gamma Ray Burst)

Posted on September 20, 2011 by PlatoHagel

A gamma-ray burst detected by NASA’s Swift satellite in April 2009 has been newly unveiled as a candidate for the most distant object in the universe. In this video, former Penn State University graduate student Antonino Cucchiara discusses this research … Continue reading →

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Shifting the Way in Which We See

Posted on April 2, 2011 by PlatoHagel

“Where in this day and age, does one go to ask the questions? Where does one go to find like “minded” people who are also seeking the answers?”What If We Could Ask The Big Questions? Ask yourself could you have … Continue reading →

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Living With A Star

Posted on March 29, 2011 by PlatoHagel

The Living With a Star (LWS) program emphasizes the science necessary to understand those aspects of the Sun and the Earth’s space environment that affect life and society. The ultimate goal is to provide a predictive understanding of the system, … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation

Posted on January 7, 2009 by PlatoHagel

Photo Credit: NASA Supernova Remnant Turns 400Four hundred years ago, sky watchers, including the famous astronomer Johannes Kepler, were startled by the sudden appearance of a “new star” in the western sky, rivaling the brilliance of the nearby planets. Now, … Continue reading →

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The Geometrics Behind the Supernova and it’s History

Posted on December 27, 2006 by PlatoHagel

It is not always easy for people to see what lies behind the wonderful beauty of images that we take from the satellite measures of space, and it’s dynamical events illustrated in Cassiopeia A. There before you is this majestic … Continue reading →

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Cosmic ray spallation

Posted on December 20, 2006 by PlatoHagel

As this NASA chart indicates, 70 percent or more of the universe consists of dark energy, about which we know next to nothing Other explanations of dark energy, called “quintessence,” originate from theoretical high-energy physics. In addition to baryons, photons, … Continue reading →

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