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NASA Unveils first sky image from newly renamed Fermi satellite (SpaceRef) NASA's newest observatory, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. The spacecraft and its revolutionary instruments passed their orbital checkout with flying colors. us.rd.yahoo.com
On the radio: For the record, a pioneer sportscaster (New York Daily News) We're taking a moment today to make up for an oversight: We never acknowledged the July 17 death of Sherman (Jocko) Maxwell. He was way too important to pass without being noted. us.rd.yahoo.com
NASA Renames Observatory For Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky (AerospaceOnline) NASA announced recently that GLAST has been renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The new name honors Prof. Enrico Fermi (1901 - 1954), a pioneer in high-energy physics us.rd.yahoo.com
Marc Andreessen Backs Qik (Red Herring) Mobile video startup attracts funding from web browser pioneer, adding to its growing list of marquee investors. us.rd.yahoo.com
Africa: Multichoice Unnerved By Viewers' Rush to GTV (AllAfrica.com) Pioneer satellite pay-TV company Multichoice is unperturbed by the revelation that five out of every seven new subscribers to satellite television, over the past nine months, chose its main competitor Gateway Television (GTV), who are only one year old since they entered the African market. us.rd.yahoo.com
Software offers visual measurement of audio loudness. (ThomasNet) Designed for broadcast environments, Neural Audio Analytics(TM) visually displays perceived loudness in real-time. Program includes ITU BS.1770 Loudness Standard along with Neural's Loudness Measure for accurate assessments of all types of content. Loudness can be displayed over period of sec, min, or hrs and logged for future troubleshooting. Software can also display impact of metadata ... us.rd.yahoo.com
NASA Renames Observatory For Fermi, Reveals Entire Gamma-Ray Sky (NASA) NASA's newest observatory, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. us.rd.yahoo.com
Wednesday, 27 August, 2008 | (News Today) American space agency NASA's newest observatory, the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), has begun its mission of exploring the universe in high-energy gamma rays. us.rd.yahoo.com
New Space Telescope Reveals Entire Gamma-ray Sky (Science Daily) NASA's Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope has revealed its first all-sky map in gamma rays. The onboard Large Area Telescope's all-sky image -- which shows the glowing gas of the Milky Way, blinking pulsars and a flaring galaxy billions of light-years away -- was created using only 95 hours of "first light" observations, compared with past missions which took years to produce a similar image. us.rd.yahoo.com
GLAST Observatory renamed for Fermi, reveals entire gamma-ray sky (EurekAlert!) ( DOE/US Department of Energy ) The Department of Energy and NASA announced today that the Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope has revealed its first all-sky map in gamma rays. The onboard Large Area Telescope's all-sky image -- which shows the glowing gas of the Milky Way, blinking pulsars and a flaring galaxy billions of light-years away -- was created using only 95 hours of "first light" ... us.rd.yahoo.com
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