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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