Introducing ‘Fermi’, the telescope formerly known as GLAST. August 27, 2008
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NASA revealed the new name of the recently-launched gamma-ray telescope hitherto known as GLAST yesterday. Following a competition to suggest a suitable name from the world of high-energy physics and astronomy they have renamed it Fermi, in honour of the famous Italian physicist (and later American resident) Enrico Fermi. Read the NASA news release for more details.
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