NASA's Fermi Telescope Detects Gamma-Rays From "Star Factories" in Other Galaxies
January 10, 2013
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. Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
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Technology Internet, Space, Physics, Astronomy, Fermi, Star, Gamma ray, Tarantula Nebula, Large Magellanic Cloud, Spaceflight, Sonoma State University, Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Astrophysics, Dorado constellation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
