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Scientists think dark matter might come in two forms

Dark Matter Might Come in Two Forms
Dark matter might not be one particle, but two—and that could explain why only the Milky Way shows a mysterious gamma-ray signal. If the balance between these particles varies across galaxies, the universe may be hiding its clues in uneven ways. Credit: AI/ScienceDaily.com

Dark matter may come in two flavors—finally explaining why its signals appear in some galaxies but vanish in others. A mysterious glow of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way has long hinted at dark matter, but the lack of similar signals in smaller dwarf galaxies has cast doubt on that idea. Now, researchers propose a bold twist: dark matter might not be a single particle at all, but a mix of two different types that must interact with each other to produce detectable signals.

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