Gamma rays from a dwarf galaxy solve an astronomical puzzle
- Written by: Roland Crocker, Associate Professor of Astronomy, Australian National University
NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterA glowing blob known as “the cocoon”, which appears to be inside one of the enormous gamma-ray emanations from the centre of our galaxy dubbed the “Fermi bubbles”, has puzzled astronomers since it was discovered in 2012.
In new research published in Nature Astronomy, we show the cocoon is...
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