Open AccessSurprise found in Fermi data
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2010.51604_11.x
Subject(s) - surprise , fermi gamma ray space telescope , astronomy , physics , astrophysics , psychology , communication
Huge bubble‐shaped structures emitting gamma rays have been found around the centre of our galaxy, as a result of analysis of publically available data from NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope. The bubbles cover around half the visible sky and their nature and origin are unknown.