Fermi Detects Gamma-Ray From Star Factories
November 3, 2009
Fermi's Large Area Telescope (LAT) shows that an intense star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud named 30 Doradus is also a source of diffuse gamma rays. Brighter colors indicate larger numbers of detected gamma rays. [ More Info ]
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Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics, Large Magellanic Cloud, Human Interest, Environment, Tarantula Nebula, Sonoma State University, Enrico Fermi, Dorado constellation, Technology Internet, Fermi
