Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope

NRL Scientist Searches for Gravitational Waves From Monster Black Holes

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Wednesday, May 4, 2022

To detect these faint gravitational waves, scientists carefully monitor pulsars.  These neutron stars---the extremely dense remnants of exploded massive stars---emit regular trains of pulses. Gravitational waves bend spacetime, so as the waves pass through, they must take a slightly longer path than if the gravitational waves were absent, slowing the pulse down. By looking for tiny variations in the time it takes a pulse to reach earth, scientists can detect and characterize the waves. These experiments are called pulsar timing arrays, and to date they have used sensitive radio telescopes.

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  • Naval Research Laboratory researcher is leading the way in helping understand gravitational waves generated by supermassive black holes in a new way.
  • The waves are produced when pairs of black holes, millions to billions of times more massive than the sun, spiral towards each other.
  • Many black hole mergers are occurring through the universe, each producing gravitational waves, and they fill space with a gravitational wave background.
  • Gravitational waves bend spacetime, so as the waves pass through, they must take a slightly longer path than if the gravitational waves were absent, slowing the pulse down.

NASA Awards Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 Contract

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Wednesday, March 16, 2022

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 (GSMO-3) contract to KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the Ground Systems and Mission Operations-3 (GSMO-3) contract to KBR Wyle Services LLC of Greenbelt, Maryland.
  • The contract will provide services includingsystems engineering, facility engineering, launch and early orbit support, flight operations, flight dynamics support, and sustaining engineering for NASA.
  • The contractor will support a wide range of mission operations, including concept studies, formulation development, implementation, operations, sustaining engineering and decommissioning.
  • The contractor will also support operations studies, systems engineering, design, implementation, integration and testing of ground systems and operations products, mission operations and sustaining engineering.

NASA Missions Unmask Magnetar Eruptions in Nearby Galaxies

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Now, multiple international science teams conclude that the blast came from a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar located in a neighboring galaxy.

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  • Now, multiple international science teams conclude that the blast came from a supermagnetized stellar remnant known as a magnetar located in a neighboring galaxy.
  • "The April 15 event is a game changer because we found that the burst almost certainly lies within the disk of the nearby galaxy NGC 253."
  • Rarely, magnetars produce enormous eruptions called giant flares that produce gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light.
  • The Fermi, Swift, Wind, Mars Odyssey and INTEGRAL missions all participate in a GRB-locating system called the InterPlanetary Network (IPN) .

Winners Of The 2021 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics And Mathematics Announced

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Thursday, September 10, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the esteemed recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, recognizing a spectacular array of groundbreaking achievements in the Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced the esteemed recipients of the 2021 Breakthrough Prize, recognizing a spectacular array of groundbreaking achievements in the Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics.
  • Due to the global pandemic, however, this year's ceremony has been postponed until March 2021.
  • In total for this year, the Breakthrough Prize is awarding a collective $18.75 million in support of scientists working on the biggest and most fundamental questions.
  • Citation: For major contributions to particle astrophysics, from models of dark matter to the discovery of the "Fermi Bubbles."

Ambarella to Present at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Auto Tech Conference December 10, 2019

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Friday, November 15, 2019

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power and high-resolution human and computer vision solutions, today announced Fermi Wang, CEO, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Auto Tech Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power and high-resolution human and computer vision solutions, today announced Fermi Wang, CEO, will be presenting at the Deutsche Bank 2019 Auto Tech Conference at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco, on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
  • The fireside chat presentation is scheduled for 9:30 AM PST and will be webcast on the Investor events page of Ambarellas website at http://investor.ambarella.com/events.cfm .
  • A replay will be available on the website for 90 days.
  • Ambarellas low-power and high-resolution video compression, image processing, and deep neural network processors and software enable cameras to become more intelligent by extracting valuable data from high-resolution video streams.

Ambarella to Present at the 41st NASDAQ Investor Conference Dec. 3rd

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Friday, November 8, 2019

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power and high-resolution human and computer vision solutions, today announced Dr. Fermi Wang, President and CEO and Casey Eichler, CFO will be presenting at the 41st NASDAQ Investor Conference at The May Fair Hotel in London on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019.

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  • SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambarella, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMBA), a leading developer of low-power and high-resolution human and computer vision solutions, today announced Dr. Fermi Wang, President and CEO and Casey Eichler, CFO will be presenting at the 41st NASDAQ Investor Conference at The May Fair Hotel in London on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019.
  • The fireside chat presentation is scheduled for 11:15 AM GMT (6:15 AM EST) and will be webcast on the Investor events page of Ambarellas website at http://investor.ambarella.com/events.cfm .
  • A replay will be available on the website for 90 days.
  • Ambarellas low-power and high-resolution video compression, image processing, and deep neural network processors and software enable cameras to become more intelligent by extracting valuable data from high-resolution video streams.

GODZILLA Becomes a Real Star! - Toho's Iconic Monster Named as a Constellation by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Team

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Monday, October 22, 2018

TOKYO, Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Godzilla and its heat ray have devised as a constellation by NASA and scientists with NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

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  • TOKYO, Oct. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Godzilla and its heat ray have devised as a constellation by NASA and scientists with NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
  • (Generally known 88 constellations such as Orion and Cassiopeia are devised by International Astronomical Union (IAU).)
  • In the Godzilla constellation, the monster's heat ray is a representation of these jets of particles detected by Fermi."
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