Controversial New Study Points to the Most Promising Dark Matter Signal Yet

Astronomers have spent nearly a century searching for dark matter, the invisible scaffolding thought to hold galaxies together. While there’s abundant indirect evidence to suggest this mysterious substance exists, no one has been able to detect it directly. Now, a new study might finally signal a breakthrough.

Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, astronomer and University of Tokyo professor Tomonori Totani is claiming to have identified gamma-ray emissions that…