A European Space Agency gamma-ray space telescope launched in 2002, its name short for International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, built to observe some of the most energetic phenomena in the universe including gamma-ray bursts, black holes and neutron stars. Its instruments combine gamma-ray imaging with simultaneous X-ray and optical monitoring of the same targets.
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