Science news articles about 'compton gamma ray observatory'

... , produced by NASA's now-defunct Compton Gamma-ray Observatory, took years of observations to ... 5 million times greater than dental X-rays, is little explored. The spacecraft's secondary instrument, ...

... Ray Flashes (TGFs). NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) first discovered TGFs in ... Atmosphere Research Section. "Identifying the source of terrestrial gamma ray flashes would be a great step ...

... based on their pulsed emissions of high-energy gamma rays. A pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron ... detected previously by the EGRET instrument on the Compton Gamma-ray Observatory. EGRET detected nearly ...

... in June 1991, just before the launch of NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, astronomers knew of ... , is filling in the picture with new finds of its own. "Compton showed us that two classes of active ...

... unrivaled ability to create high-resolution X- ray images, Chandra has enabled astronomers to investigate ... Hubble Space Telescope, Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope. The next ...

... Research Laboratory. "Since the demise of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory a decade ago, we've ... pulsars previously discovered using radio or X-ray telescopes. Radio telescopes can detect pulsars ...

Compton Gamma Ray Observatory equipment helps to sniff out radioactive sources.

... data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory suggest the search may have ... the Universe, might show evidence for antimatter. X-ray emission shows how much hot gas is ...

... 1627-41 was discovered in 1998 by NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory when it burst into life emitting ... rate, XMM-Newton also detected X-rays coming from the debris of an exploded star, possibly the ...

... deep into the brightest galaxies that NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope can see. The study ... at higher energies came from NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, which operated throughout the 1990s, ...

... first spacecraft able to identify pulsars by their gamma-ray emission alone. A pulsar is the rapidly ... Laboratory in Washington. "Since the demise of the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory a decade ago, we've ...