Particle physics detectors in space will record gamma rays in search of dark matter, the evolution of stars, and nature s most powerful particle accelerators. Supermassive rotating black holes can ...

The universe appears remarkably varied when viewed at different wavelengths. The eye’s sensitivity to the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum allows us to resolve thousands of stars, ...

NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is receiving finishing touches at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, near the beaches of eastern central Florida for its launch. The ...

The powerful antenna system that will enable NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) to communicate with stations on Earth has been successfully connected to the spacecraft in the Astrotech ...

The GLAST gamma-ray telescope was launched into space at 12.05 p.m. local time from Cape Canaveral in Florida today. The instrument is due to orbit some 560 km above the Earth’s surface where it will ...

GLAST will explore the universe's most extreme environments, searching for answers to long-standing questions about dark matter, black holes, and gamma-ray bursts. Scientists expect the orbiting ...

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In a final meeting of scientists, engineers, technicians and officials, NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) received the final "Ready to Go!" from all teams. GLAST is scheduled to ...

At 12:05 pm EST, NASA successfully launched GLAST, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope from Kennedy Space Center in Florida after a tense series of micro-delays. GLAST will perform full sky ...

NASA’s GLAST spacecraft has successfully snagged its first gamma rays — and been given a proper name. After just 95 hours of data collection, the craft’s mission scientists were able to produce ...

NASA plans to launch a hi-tech telescope Wednesday that will be able to see gamma-ray energy blasts that point to black holes and pulsars, as well as dark matter. Gamma-rays are invisable to the human ...