NASA’s Fermi Telescope Finds Clues on Dark Matter in Andromeda Galaxy with Mysterious Gamma Rays [VIDEO]

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was said to find signals at the center of M31-known as our neighboring galaxy, Andromeda. What’s more is that the signal gamma ray-like found in Andromeda are said to be a significant clue to solve the mysteries behind dark matter.

According to Mail Online, gamma rays which are identified to be the highest-energy form of light were discovered by NASA’s very own Fermi Gamma-ray Space telescope. In which the discovery fascinated scientists since the rays found in the Andromeda were similar to what the Fermi had discovered in the Milky Way.

Moreover, the gamma rays identified by NASA’s Fermi didn’t spread throughout the Andromeda Galaxy but is just confined and concentrated within its center. The NASA researchers then explained that this unusual distribution of the gamma ray signals in M31 could point to dark matter as its source. In which dark matter is identified to be the unknown substance that makes up almost the entire yet is invisible in the entire electromagnetic spectrum.

Furthermore, “We expect dark matter to accumulate in the innermost regions of the Milky Way and other galaxies, which is why finding such a compact signal is very exciting,” said lead NASA’s scientist Pierrick Martin who is also an astrophysicist at the National Center for Scientific Research and Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology. Thus, the astrophysicist also mentioned that M31 would be a significant key to understand and explain the phenomenon on its galaxy which is similar to our Milky Way.

Yet, amid the discovery, it was reported by Tecake that NASA scientists just couldn’t solve the mystery since Andromeda is several light years away from earth. Hence, it was said that NASA’s present available telescopes cannot identify each pulsar in the gamma rays since it is closely packed at the M31’s center.

NASA scientists then resolve that they would use the accumulated data captured by the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope to further solve the mysteries of dark matter as well as the gamma-ray emissions.