NASA
Fermi's Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor
The Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) is one of the instruments aboard the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The GBM studies gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, as well as other flashes of gamma rays. Gamma-ray...
NASA
NASA | Turning Black Holes into Dark Matter Labs
A new computer simulation tracking dark matter particles in the extreme gravity of a black hole shows that strong, potentially observable gamma-ray light can be produced. Detecting this emission would provide astronomers with a new tool...
NASA
NASA’s Fermi Finds Record-breaking Binary Star
Using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and other facilities, scientists have found the first gamma-ray binary in another galaxy and the most luminous one ever seen. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive...
NASA
NASA Missions Study Shock Waves in Nova Explosion
Unprecedented observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio of satellites, including NASA’s Fermi and NuSTAR space telescopes, have captured the first direct evidence that most of the explosion’s visible light arose from shock waves...
NASA
Tracing the History of Starlight with NASA's Fermi Mission
Scientists using data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have measured all the starlight produced over 90 percent of the universe's history. The analysis, which examines the gamma-ray output of distant galaxies, estimates the...
NASA
NASA | Fermi Catches a 'Transformer' Pulsar
In late June 2013, an exceptional binary system containing a rapidly spinning neutron star underwent a dramatic change in behavior never before observed. The pulsar's radio beacon vanished, while at the same time the system brightened...
University of Nottingham
University of Nottingham: Periodic Table of Videos: Fermium
Learn about Enrico Fermi and Fermium, the element that is named after him. [1:47]