WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 11, 2012. During a powerful solar blast on March 7, NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the highest-energy light ever associated with an eruption on the sun. The discovery heralds Fermi’s new role as a solar observatory, a powerful new tool for understanding solar outbursts during the sun’s maximum period of activity.
A solar flare is an explosive blast of light and charged particles. The powerful March 7 flare, which earned a classification of…
