Astronomy & Education » Fermi http://astroed.edublogs.org Astronomy, education and some skepticism Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:28:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Introducing ‘Fermi’, the telescope formerly known as GLAST. http://astroed.edublogs.org/2008/08/27/introducing-fermi-the-telescope-formerly-known-as-glast/ http://astroed.edublogs.org/2008/08/27/introducing-fermi-the-telescope-formerly-known-as-glast/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:09:46 +0000 astroed http://astroed.edublogs.org/?p=54 Fermi logo

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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