Galactic center's gamma rays unlikely to originate from dark matter, evidence shows
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 - 12:05
in Astronomy & Space
Studies by two independent groups from the US 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.