• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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      26 days ago

      They’re seeing gamma rays from suspected dark matter collisions—that’s actually more substantially accurate than I was expecting.

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        26 days ago

        To clarify, that’s the collision of 2 dark matter particles.
        Not the collision of a dark matter particle and something else.

        researchers report that they have detected the invisible scaffolding based on gamma rays that result from the collision and resulting annihilation of two dark matter particles.

        So, that’s 2 particles of this unobservable (or, difficult to observe) matter interacting with eachother in an observable way.
        Very cool

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      26 days ago

      After reading the article I would call it interesting but very far from settled. Your doubt is properly placed 🤣