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Roger Blandford
Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics
Research Projects
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (FGST or Fermi) is a space-based observatory used to perform gamma-ray astronomy observations from low-Earth orbit.Research Highlights
The bold bet that built a telescope
Two decades ago, Stanford & SLAC took a gamble on an unproven telescope design with no funding, no home, and no official backing. Now, with first images in hand, it's paying off!
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Nature’s Ultimate Particle Accelerators
Right now, a few relativistic particles are passing through your head every second at the speed of light. They have more than ten million times more energy than our best particle accelerator can achieve, and scientists still don’t know how nature does that!