A new study suggests the Milky Way’s gamma-ray glow could be a dark matter signal shaped by ancient galactic mergers.

New simulations suggest dark matter could explain the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the Milky Way’s center. The findings show that the galaxy’s early mergers may have shaped dark matter in a way that ...

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A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

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What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is ...

An excess of gamma rays in the center of our galaxy could mean scientists have finally detected dark matter particles—or not ...

Deep in the heart of our galaxy, there is a faint but powerful glow that has puzzled scientists for more than a decade.

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered five complex organic molecules trapped in the ice around ...

Astronomers used the James Webb Telescope to detect complex carbon molecules frozen around a young star, ST6, beyond our ...