Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

20082 instrumentsGamma-ray telescope
LocationSpace (LEO)
Year2008
Size2 instruments
TypeGamma-ray telescope

About Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

Surveys the entire sky in gamma rays every three hours. Launched in June 2008 and named after physicist Enrico Fermi. Discovered the Fermi bubbles, giant structures above and below the center of the Milky Way. Detected the gamma-ray burst from the first observed neutron star merger in 2017.

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