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Lament for a Dying Field: Photojournalism

Aug. 9, 2009
The company that owns the photo agency Gamma has sought protection from creditors, the latest sign of distress for photographers as newspapers and magazines cut back.
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ESA sets pace for gamma-ray observations

PARIS, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency said its orbiting gamma ray observatory is providing data that are changing the way astronomers view the high-energy cosmos.

Swift telescope spots gamma-ray burst

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- For the first time the Swift X-ray Telescope or XRT has discovered the afterglow of a gamma-ray-burst, the likely aftermath of the birth of a black hole.

Gamma rays photographed for first time

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New gamma ray telescope heads into space

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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch