Mysterious glow at center of Milky Way may be from dark matter | NYGazet

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the theory that dark matter could be the source.

At the center of our galaxy, there’s a mysterious, diffuse glow given off by gamma rays — powerful radiation usually emitted by high-energy objects such as rapidly rotating or exploding stars. NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected the glow ... [6776 chars]