Gamma-Rays

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Intergral

International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory

European Space Agency

Demark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland

+ Czech Republic and Poland

With help from Russia and US

Giant molecular cloud in the center of the galaxy that was just recently discovered

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Gamma-Ray Burst over 40 Seconds

http://www.rssd.esa.int/Integral/integ_images.html

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A Cool Picture !!!

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Sources

http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/ems/gamma.html

http://science.nasa.gov/newhome/headlines/ast09feb99_1.htm

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Gamma_ray_burst

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/compton_scatter.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/gamma_detectors.html

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l1/gamma_detectors.html

http://www.astro.utu.fi/~cflynn/astroII/l7.html

http://learntech.uwe.ac.uk/radiography/RScience/interactions/comptonscatter.htm

http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/how_l2/gamma_scintillators.html