... Fermi's First Light . ... Credit: NASA , DOE , International LAT Team Explanation: Launched on June 11 to explore the universe at extreme energies, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope has been officially renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope , in honor of Nobel Laureate Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), pioneer in high-energy physics. After testing, Fermi's two instruments , the Gamma-ray Burst Monitor (GBM) and the Large Area Telescope (LAT), are now regularly returning data. ...