Fermi Catches Eruption of Gamma Rays (IMAGE)
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Fermi's Large Area Telescope saw no sign of a nova in 19 days of data prior to March 10 (left), but the eruption is obvious in data from the following 19 days (right). The images show the rate of gamma rays with energies greater than 100 million electron volts (100 MeV); brighter colors indicate higher rates.
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NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
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