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May 1, 2012

Cycle 5 Selected Programs Released

The stage-I selection process for the Fermi Cycle-5 proposal process has been completed. A list of selected programs can be accessed from the Proposals Page.

Apr 20, 2012

New Fermi Science Tools version released

The FSSC is pleased to announce the availability of a new version of the Fermi Science Tools (v9r27p1) along with updated pass 7 data. These data files have the LAT diffuse response columns populated with values from the updated gtdiffrsp tool, and several other updates detailed in the release notes. The new tools are available at the software download page, and the new data are now being served by the Fermi LAT data server.

Apr 2, 2012

Fermi Observations of Dwarf Galaxies Provide New Insights on Dark Matter

There's more to the cosmos than meets the eye. About 80 percent of the matter in the universe is invisible to telescopes, yet its gravitational influence is manifest in the orbital speeds of stars around galaxies and in the motions of clusters of galaxies. Yet, despite decades of effort, no one knows what this "dark matter" really is. Many scientists think it's likely that the mystery will be solved with the discovery of new kinds of subatomic particles, types necessarily different from those composing atoms of the ordinary matter all around us. The search to detect and identify these particles is underway in experiments both around the globe and above it.
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Feb 14, 2012

Aperture Photometry Script

A script to generate LAT light curves using aperture photometry is now available as part of the Fermi user-contributed software collection. Also available in user-contributed software is a script to make LAT light curves using likelihood analysis (like_lc.pl).

Jan 31, 2012

Scheduled Downtime

The FSSC will be offline for several hours beginning at 9:30 am ET Thursday, Feb. 2nd due to facilities maintenance. This outage will affect both web and data servers. We expect to resume normal operation by 2:00 pm ET.

Jan 25, 2012

The Fermi Cycle-5 Proposal Deadline Has Passed

As of the Friday, January 20,2012 deadline, NASA received a total of 221 proposals in response to the Fermi Cycle-5 NRA. The first stage of the Cycle-5 selection process, a scientific peer-review evaluation of these proposals, will occur in the early spring of 2012. The results of that first stage selection process will be announced in the April 2012 time frame.

Jan 12, 2012

Fermi Cycle-5 ARK/RPS Site Back Up - Proposal Deadline is Rapidly Approaching!

Reminder: Fermi Cycle-5 Guest Investigator Proposals are due on January 20, 2012. Please refer to the proposals page for details on how to prepare and submit a proposal. We look forward to your participation in Fermi mission cycle 5.

Jan 11, 2012

Fermi Cycle-5 ARK/RPS Proposal Submission Site Down

The Fermi Cycle-5 ARK/RPS proposal submission site is currently unavailable due to technical issues. We hope to have it restored shortly and we apologize for any inconvenience. Cycle-5 proposals are still due by 4:30 EST January 20, 2012.

Jan 10, 2012

NASA's Fermi Space Telescope Explores New Energy Extremes

After more than three years in space, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is extending its view of the high-energy sky into a largely unexplored electromagnetic range. Today, the Fermi team announced its first census of energy sources in this new realm.
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Jan 9, 2012

Cycle-5 Proposal Deadline is Rapidly Approaching!

Reminder: Fermi Cycle-5 Guest Investigator Proposals are due on January 20, 2012. Please refer to the proposals page for details on how to prepare and submit a proposal. We look forward to your participation in Fermi mission cycle 5.

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