Dear Fermi: What it means to see the universe's extremes
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Enrico Fermi
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Meanwhile, your other instrument, a dozen detectors working in tandem, senses the whole sky (except for where Earth blocks the view) on the hunt for distant flashes called gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). But their specific cause remains a mystery.Perhaps your greatest feat to date came several years later, once another type of detector joined modern astronomersâ toolbox: giant facilities that could feel gravitational waves, or ripples in space-time itself.On that morning in August 2017, you sensed a brief flash of gamma rays and alerted astronomers on Earth. As long as you continue collecting sunlight and your positioning gyroscopes remain healthy, you will reveal the gamma-ray sky for years to come.You have shown us so much about our constantly changing, sensational, enthralling cosmos.
As said here by Liz Kruesi