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Watch 14 Years of Gamma-Ray Observations in This Fascinating NASA Video


pace Telescope, named in honor of noted physicist Enrico Fermi, has been in operation for almost a decade and a half, monitoring the cosmos for gamma rays. As the highest-energy form of light, these rays are produced by extremely energetic phenomena - like supernovae, neutron stars, quasars, and gamma-ray bursts (GRBs).

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