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A Nearby Supernova Could Finally Reveal Dark Matter

Despite 90 years of research, the nature and influence of Dark Matter continue to elude astronomers and cosmologists. First proposed…

3 weeks ago

Astronomers Uncover New Details in the Brightest Gamma Ray Burst Ever Detected

In October 2022, the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory detected an extraordinarily powerful Gamma Ray…

4 months ago

The Mystery of Cosmic Rays Deepens

Cosmic rays are high-energy particles accelerated to extreme velocities approaching the speed of light. It takes an extremely powerful event…

8 months ago

Colliding Neutron Stars are the Ultimate Particle Accelerators

Gamma-ray telescopes observing neutron star collisions might be the key to identifying the composition of dark matter. One leading theory…

9 months ago

Watch 14 Years of Gamma-Ray Observations in This Fascinating NASA Video

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, named in honor of noted physicist Enrico Fermi, has been in operation for almost a…

12 months ago

Fermi has Found More than 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars

In June 2008, the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope began surveying the cosmos to study some of the most energetic…

1 year ago

Brightest Gamma-ray Burst Shines Light on Milky Way Structure

The brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen in 2022 still puzzles astronomers.

2 years ago

The Universe Sparkles in Gamma Rays in this New NASA Animation

We've come a long way since gamma rays were discovered. The late 1800s and early 1900s were a time of…

2 years ago

Jupiter Could Make an Ideal Dark Matter Detector

So, you want to find dark matter, but you don't know where to look? A giant planet might be exactly…

4 years ago

Halo Around a Pulsar could Explain Why We See Antimatter Coming from Space

Astronomers have been watching a nearby pulsar with a strange halo around it. That pulsar might answer a question that's…

5 years ago