Astronomy and Space

Geminga

Geminga ( gə-MING-gə) is a gamma ray and x-ray pulsar source thought to be a neutron star approximately 250 parsecs (around 800 light-years) from the Sun in the constellation Gemini. Its name, attributed by its discoverer Giovanni Bignami, is both a contraction of Gemini gamma-ray source and a transcription of the words gh'è minga (pronounced [ɡɛ ˈmĩːɡa]), meaning "it's not there" in Bignami's native Milanese dialect of Lombard. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union on 4 April 2022.

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• ▸Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace

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