Fermi Detects Gamma-Ray From Star Factories

Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration, Posted on: Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 06:40 CST Download full size image

Fermi’s Large Area Telescope (LAT) shows that an intense star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud named 30 Doradus is also a source of diffuse gamma rays. Brighter colors indicate larger numbers of detected gamma rays. [ More Info ]

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