“the violent and unpredictable gamma ray universe.”
I mentioned the launch of Nasa’s new GLAST telescope previously and they’ve now released the first light images. Oh, and they’ve renamed it the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope – a short history of telescopic observations here. There’s a dynamic image of the Vela pulsar too – which beams radiation every 89 milliseconds as it spins.
No mention, though, of the discovery of pulsars by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell.. or her part in Pluto’s downfall.. [Image Credit: NASA/DOE/International LAT Team]
Boasting time: My nephew, Richard McMahon was in the Guiness Book of records a few years back. He’s an astronomer at Cambridge and the previous year his team had discovered the then furthest away pulsar or quasar.
Not a bad boast to be able to make, Joe.
I reckon the electric universe guys will have a thought on these amazing images. Check out their archive on
Will looking into space achieve anything practical to help mankind on Earth, or is it just a big boy’s toy?
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