NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles - NASA Science

NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles - NASA Science

4 min read NASA’s Fermi Spots Young Star Cluster Blowing Gamma-Ray Bubbles For the first time, astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have traced a budding outflow of gas from a cluster of young stars in our galaxy — insights that help us understand how the universe has evolved as NASA explores the secrets of the cosmos for the benefit of all. The cluster, called Westerlund 1, is located about 12,000 light-years away in the sou…