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Published online 9 May 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.814
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Space telescope recycled for bomb detection
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory equipment helps to sniff out radioactive sources.
The 9-year mission of NASA’s Compton Gamma Ray Observatory ended in 2000 with a plunge into the Pacific Ocean. But its spare parts are living on — as a detector of dirty bombs.
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