Is Dark Matter Responsible for Extra Gamma Rays Coming From the Center of the Milky Way?

For years astronomers have puzzled over a strange excess of gamma rays coming from the galactic center. Annihilating dark matter has always been a tantalizing explanation, and new research claims that it’s the best answer. For the last 11 years, NASA’s Fermi-LAT gamma-ray telescope has observed an odd excess of the high-energy radiation coming from …