GLAST Spacecraft Will Observe Cosmic Sources Of Gamma Rays As It Orbits Above The Earth
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - 16:14
in Astronomy & Space
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 telescope to detect thousands of hitherto unknown gamma-ray sources. With its extraordinary sensitivity and wide field-of-view, it is the first imaging gamma-ray observatory capable of scanning the entire sky every three hours on a daily basis.