Proposed Particle Help Explains Odd Galactic Photons

Friday, July 25, 2008 - 09:07 in Astronomy & Space

In 2002, a satellite called INTEGRAL was launched by the European Space Agency with an instrument on board to detect and measure gamma rays from space. Four years later, it yielded some intriguing data: An unusually high number of gamma-ray photons from the galactic center carried the same energy—a particular, significant energy—and nobody could figure out why.

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