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New Model Suggests Dark Matter has Two Particle States

The model says faster-moving particles in the Milky Way can trigger gamma rays, while slower dwarf galaxies remain dark.

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Fermilab physicists propose that dark matter consists of two distinct particles, potentially explaining a longstanding gamma-ray puzzle.

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There is something disconcerting and at the same time attractive about dark matter: it governs everything, but we do not see it. We know that it is there because galaxies rotate too fast, because light curves more than expected and because the universe, as we know it, simply could not exist without it. And yet we do not know exactly what it is. It is estimated that about 85% of the matter in the universe is dark matter. It does not emit light, i…

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Searching for traces in space: Does dark matter consist of two particles? Researchers provide a new explanation for mysterious gamma rays in the Milky Way. The post Nothing to see? Why exactly that could betray dark matter first appeared on ingenieur.de - Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure.

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Perhaps the search for a single type of particle as an explanation for dark matter hinders the solution of the puzzle

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