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Glast Burst Monitor detects 31 Gamma Bursts

NASA announced that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

First all-sky image taken by the Large Area Telescope of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Credits: NASA/DOE/International LAT Team

GLAST, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its revolutionary instruments passed their orbital checkout with flying colors. GBM, the GLAST Burst Monitor, spotted 31 gamma-ray bursts in its first month of operations. NASA announced today that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.


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