NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae
20 May 2026, 12:55 GMT
Topic: Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
Source URL: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/fermi/nasas-fermi-glimpses-power-source-of-supercharged-supernovae/
An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse that triggered the explosion.