gamma rays
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Radio Brightening Around Monumental Neutron Star Collision Tells A Confusing Story
August’s landmark observation of two colliding neutron stars was incredible for its immediate impact on astronomy. It answered questions, like “where did the universe’s gold come from” and “how fast is the universe expanding?” But it left behind mysteries, too. Like, “what the hell is going on with those gamma rays?”
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Scientists Think They Know What’s Behind Those Mysterious Gamma Rays In The Galactic Centre
Count up all the stuff in a galaxy and you should have a pretty good understanding of how much light is being emitted. But that doesn’t seem to be the case for our own Milky Way. Our galaxy has a source of extra gamma rays, the highest-energy light, right in its centre. And scientists don’t…