Dark matter could explain strange signals from Milky Way's center
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Scientists at King's College London think they have cracked a cosmic mystery: a new "excited dark matter" model might explain three strange signals coming from the center of our galaxy.
These signals, spotted by space telescopes, do not match what we would expect from things like supernovae or cosmic rays.
Research team's model predicts dark matter behavior
The team's model shows that when dark matter particles collide, they can store and release energy as positrons, possibly causing the weird gamma-ray and ionization signals seen from the center of the Milky Way.
Their predictions will be put to the test with future space missions.
As lead researcher Dr. Shyam Balaji puts it, this is a big step toward finally understanding what dark matter actually does in our universe.