Wednesday, August 27, 2008

“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]

Pete Baker @ 03:21 PM

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1. 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.

   Posted by  on Aug 27, 2008 @ 03:52 PM

2. Not a bad boast to be able to make, Joe.

   Posted by  on Aug 27, 2008 @ 05:20 PM

3. I reckon the electric universe guys will have a thought on these amazing images. Check out their archive on <http://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/00archive.htm>

   Posted by  on Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:28 PM

4. Will looking into space achieve anything practical to help mankind on Earth, or is it just a big boy’s toy?

   Posted by  on Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:58 PM

5. Some more space news here

   Posted by  on Aug 27, 2008 @ 10:58 PM
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