Multiple choice general knowledge

NASA has renamed its GLAST telescope in honour of which famous scientist?

  1. Galileo

  2. Max Planck

  3. Enrico Fermi

  4. Urbain Leverier
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Explanation

The GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope) was renamed the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope in 2008 after Italian physicist Enrico Fermi, who made fundamental contributions to quantum theory and nuclear physics. Galileo was an astronomer, Max Planck founded quantum theory, and Urbain Leverrier predicted Neptune's existence.

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