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Galactic center's gamma rays unlikely to originate from dark matter, evidence shows


February 4, 2016

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Studies by two independent groups from the U.S. and the Netherlands have found that gamma ray signals from the inner galaxy come from a new source rather than from the collision of dark matter particles. The new source is likely to be rapidly rotating pulsars, rather than the as-yet undetected invisible dark matter particles thought to make up 85 percent of the mass in the universe.Full Story

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