25 years ago this week, NASA launched the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, an astronomical satellite that transformed our knowledge of the high-energy sky. Over its 9-year lifetime, Compton produced the first-ever all-sky survey in gamma rays, the most energetic and penetrating form of light.

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