Gamma Rays in Active Galactic Nuclei
This animation shows how gamma rays possibly form in Active Galactic Nuclei.
In the heart of an active galaxy, matter falling toward a supermassive black hole creates jets of particles traveling near the speed of light. For active galaxies classified as blazars, one of these jets beams almost directly toward Earth.
AGN Animation (Short Version)
Print resolution still.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Walt Feimer (HTSI)
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Producer
- Deanna Kekesi (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientists
- Julie McEnery (NASA/GSFC)
- Steven Ritz (NASA/GSFC)
Missions
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[Fermi: LAT]
ID: 216Fermi Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT)
This dataset can be found at: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov
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- ID: 11117
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Release date
This page was originally published on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:55 PM EDT.