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NASA renames observatory for Fermi, reveals entire gamma-ray sky
NASA announced today that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The new name honors Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 – 1954), a pioneer in…
Black Hole Research Lands NASA EPSCoR Grant
Dr. Marc Seigar, a UALR astrophysics professor and three colleagues from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, have received a $1.4 million grant from…
The mystery of young stars near black holes solved
The team, partly funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), made the discovery after developing computer simulations of giant clouds of…
Hubble sees magnetic monster in erupting galaxy
NGC 1275 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies and lies at the centre of the Perseus Cluster of galaxies. It is an active galaxy, hosting a…