Searching the heavens -- GLAST
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 10:07
in Astronomy & Space
A new space mission, due to launch this month, is going to shed light on some of the most extreme astrophysical processes in nature - including pulsars, remnants of supernovae, and supermassive black holes. It could even help us comprehend the origin and distribution of dark matter, write three scientists currently preparing for the GLAST mission from NASA`s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, USA, in this month`s Physics World.