Fermi improves its vision for thunderstorm Gamma-ray flashes

Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 12:50 in Astronomy & Space

Thanks to improved data analysis techniques and a new operating mode, the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor aboard NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is now 10 times better at catching the brief outbursts of high-energy light mysteriously produced above thunderstorms.

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