New Form of Dark Matter Could Solve Decades-Old Milky Way Mystery Dark matter with less mass could be driving a mysterious glow emanating from the Milky Way’s core. Astronomers have long been puzzled by two strange phenomena at the heart of our galaxy. First, the...

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Gamma-ray image of the Galactic Center reveals a massive, unexpected cloud of antimatter annihilation radiation, spanning thousands of light-years. This mysterious cloud, possibly a fountain of positrons, hints at exotic processes near the center of our galaxy, such as starbirth, neutron star collisions, or black holes. The bright central spot depicts annihilation gamma rays from the Galactic Center.

Astronomy Picture from 01/05/1997

A Galactic Cloud of Antimatter
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