Friday, September 21, 2007

Latest Space Telescope

Without NASA and its powerful astronomical telescopes, we would literally be in the dark as far as the solar system, the stars and the universe are concerned.

This world-renowned space agency is in the forefront in gathering important data and astronomical information with the use of astronomy telescopes, such as the radio telescope and of course the Hubble Space Telescope, the space-based scope in seemingly eternal orbit around the earth.

The Hubble Space Telescope has a distinct advantage over those scopes that are stationed on land – its images of space objects are much clearer because of the absence of the Earth’s blur-causing atmosphere.

Now, the agency has developed its latest space telescope, the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope, which picks up gamma rays produced by neutron stars and black holes.

We have always been fascinated, even baffled, with black holes and the birth of the universe. Hopefully, space scientists and astronomers will be able to learn more about these space phenomena that exist in our universe with the help of the Gamma Ray Telescope.

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