Gigaelectronvolt emission from a magnetar giant flare is discovered by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, between 19 s and 284 s after the initial detection of a signal in the megaelectronvolt energy band, potentially generated by an ultra-relativistic outflow far from the stellar magnetosphere.
- M. Ajello
- W. B. Atwood
- G. Zaharijas