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  • Released Tuesday, July 21, 2015
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
  • ID: 11915

This image shows the high-energy light from galaxy 3C 279 observed by Fermi between June 14 and 17, 2015.

This image shows the high-energy light from galaxy 3C 279 observed by Fermi between June 14 and 17, 2015.

This image shows how the gamma-ray sky looked before the galaxy's flare event (left) and during (right).

This image shows how the gamma-ray sky looked before the galaxy's flare event (left) and during (right).

NASA's Fermi satellite orbits 350 miles above Earth, searching the sky for gamma rays.

NASA's Fermi satellite orbits 350 miles above Earth, searching the sky for gamma rays.

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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Blazar video and images courtesy of NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
Fermi satellite image courtesy of NASA/GFSC



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