Sunday 15 March 2015

Gamma rays from dwarf galaxy may point to dark matter

STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Gamma rays from dwarf galaxy may point to dark matter
Providence RI (SPX) Mar 12, 2015 - A newly discovered dwarf galaxy orbiting our own Milky Way has offered up a surprise - it appears to be radiating gamma rays, according to an analysis by physicists at Carnegie Mellon, Brown, and Cambridge universities. The exact source of this high-energy light is uncertain at this point, but it just might be a signal of dark matter lurking at the galaxy's center. "Something in the direct ... more


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