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Einstein's Cosmic Speed Limit

In its first year of operations, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has mapped the entire sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity in gamma-rays, the highest-energy form of light. On May 10, 2009 a pair of gamma-ray photons reached Fermi only 900 milliseconds apart after traveling for 7 billion years. Fermi’s measurement gives us rare experimental evidence that space-time is smooth as Einstein predicted, and has shut the door on several approaches to gravity where space-time is foamy enough to interfere strongly with light.For complete transcript, click here.    In its first year of operations, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has mapped the entire sky with unprecedented resolution and sensitivity in gamma-rays, the highest-energy form of light. On May 10, 2009 a pair of gamma-ray photons reached Fermi only 900 milliseconds apart after traveling for 7 billion years. Fermi’s measurement gives us rare experimental evidence that space-time is smooth as Einstein predicted, and has shut the door on several approaches to gravity where space-time is foamy enough to interfere strongly with light.

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Duration: 5.8 minutes
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Animation Number:10510
Completed:2009-10-26
Animators:Cruz DeWilde (Avant Gravity) (Lead)
 Walt Feimer (HTSI)
 Chris Meaney (HTSI)
 Chris Smith (UMBC)
Video Editors:Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
 Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Interviewee:Julie McEnery (NASA/GSFC)
Narrator:Chris Smith (UMBC)
Producers:Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
 Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
 Chris Smith (UMBC)
Scientist:Julie McEnery (NASA/GSFC)
Videographers:Jamal Smith (HTSI)
 Chris Smith (UMBC)
 Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
 Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Writers:Stefanie Misztal (UMBC)
 Scott Wiessinger (UMBC)
Series:Narrated Movies
 GLASTcast
Keywords:
SVS >> Gamma Ray
SVS >> Gravity
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Satellite
DLESE >> Space science
SVS >> Gamma Ray Burst
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> Universe
SVS >> GLAST
SVS >> Edited Feature
SVS >> Space
SVS >> Gamma Ray Observatory
SVS >> Fermi
 
 
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