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At the heart of the Milky Way, a faint and widespread glow of gamma rays has puzzled astronomers for decades. The light could ...

So how many stars are there? Given all of the above, astronomers estimate that the Milky Way contains around 100 billion stars, and there are at least 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe.

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New simulations tilt the scales for competing theories about excess gamma ray light at the center of the galaxy ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins may be closing in on dark matter’s elusive trail, uncovering a mysterious gamma ray glow at the ...

What can the gamma ray light emitted by the Milky Way Galaxy teach scientists about the existence of dark matter? This is ...

An international team of astronomers has created the first-ever large-scale maps of a mysterious form of matter, known as ...

Radio astronomy opens a window onto the invisible universe. While our eyes can detect visible light, countless objects in ...

These are some remote places here where you can get away from the bright lights on the ground and focus on the ones above.