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Fermi’s Large Area Telescope will perform a continuous, all-sky survey to study a range of astrophysical phenomena, including indirect searches for dark matter.

Illustration of a Fermi spacecraft.
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An excess of gamma rays at the center of the Milky Way, previously discussed as a sign of dark matter, is likely caused by...

Pulsars
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Q&A: Dark Matter Next Door?

Astrophysicists Eric Charles and Mattia Di Mauro discuss the surprising glow of our neighbor galaxy.

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Three recent studies using data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have expanded the hunt for unexplained signals coming from beyond our galaxy.

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Illustration of a Fermi spacecraft.

Illustration of a Fermi spacecraft.
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VIA Symmetry Magazine

The Milky Way’s Hot Spot

The center of our galaxy is a busy place. But it might be one of the best sites to hunt for dark matter.

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Dark matter hunters around the world pursue three approaches to look for fingerprints of ghostly WIMPs: on the Earth’s surface, underground and in space.

Researchers around the world pursue three approaches to look for fingerprints of dark matter's ghostly components.
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Fermi scientist Matthew Wood discusses major improvements to the Fermi Large Area Telescope, including increasing its sensitivity to the equivalent of launching another LAT.

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A recent uptick in the discovery of the smallest, oldest galaxies benefits studies of dark matter, galaxy formation and the evolution of the unive

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Observations of this kind could lead scientists to the source of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays.

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VIA Symmetry Magazine

Seeing in Gamma Rays

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope creates maps of the gamma-ray sky.

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A batch of newly discovered satellite dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way should help scientists better grasp the evolution of the universe while also...

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Indirect detection experiments might be the key to discovering invisible dark matter.