APOD: 2018 July 23 - Fermi Science Finals

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                                 2018 July 23
                                      [2]
                            Fermi Science Finals
       Illustration Credit: NASA [3] , DOE [4] , International Fermi LAT
    Collaboration [5] , Jay Friedlander (Goddard Space Flight Center [6] )

Explanation: The Fermi Science Playoffs [7] celebrate 10 years of the Fermi
Gamma-ray Space Telescope's exploration of the high-energy universe [8] .
Surviving all early rounds of voting, these two finalists in the competion
square off at last. Digital illustrations from a list of 16 of Fermi's top
scientific discoveries, they represent the competition's [9]  two top seeds,
defeating 12th seed New Clues to Dark Matter [10]  and 14th seed Starquakes in
Magnetar Storm [11]  in the semifinal round. On the left are unprecedented,
unpredicted, 25,000 light-year tall Gamma-ray Bubbles [12]  above and below
the plane of our Milky Way galaxy. On the right, violently merging Neutron
Stars Collide [13]  to create the first gamma-ray detected gravitational wave
event. Pick one now and cast your vote here [14]  to crown the most popular
science result from Fermi's first decade.

                    Tomorrow's picture: mostly cloudy [15]

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