NASA's gamma-ray telescope lifts off
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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A Nasa space telescope has launched successfully on a mission to explore the Universe with "gamma-ray glasses". (article 2)
The Glast mission will shed light on some of the most violent events in the Universe, that release massive amounts of energy in the form of gamma-rays. (article 2)
These black holes produce powerful jets of matter, moving at close to the speed of light, which can travel vast distances across space. (article 2)
Glast und a NASA acronym standing for Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope und began its five- to 10-year mission with a midday blastoff aboard a Delta rocket. (article 1)
Everything went well and, in just over an hour, the telescope was orbiting 345 miles above Earth precisely as planned, generating applause in Launch Control. (article 1)
The $690 million telescope, supported by six countries, will pick up where NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory left off before its deliberate destruction in 2000, but in a bigger and better way. (article 1)
Gamma rays are the highest-energy form of light, and the gamma-ray sky is very different from that perceived by the naked eye, the agency said. (article 3)
NASA said GLAST will be able to detect thousands of gamma-ray sources, most of which are super-massive black holes in the cores of distant galaxies. (article 3)
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gamma, Glast, Telescope, NASA, Ray |
Source articles
- Telescope launched to scout out gamma rays (Washington Post, 06/11/2008, 506 words)
- Lift-off for Nasa space telescope (BBC News, 06/11/2008, 583 words)
- NASA's gamma-ray telescope lifts off (cbc.ca, 06/11/2008, 276 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/11/2008, 9 words)
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