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AGILE mission, the first two important discoveries

Rome, Italy - The confirmation of the excellent commitment of ASI in the astrophysics of high energies

A year and a half after the departure, the italian satellite AGILE has obtained two important goals. For the first time it has revealed a simultaneous X and gamma emission coming out from a gamma-ray burst, and it has discovered a sparkling gamma pulsar. Both results are in press, in "Astronomy and Astrophysics and Astrophysical Journal respectively". According to Enrico Flamini, responsible...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1095250
Rome, Italy, 10/13/2008 13:50
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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