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Dark Matter Annihilation is for WIMPs

Dark Matter Annihilation is for WIMPs

by Annelia Anderson | Feb 8, 2025 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ

Today’s paper searches for signatures of annihilating dark matter in the Milky Way’s satellite dwarf galaxies.

Jupiter as a Dark Matter Detector

Jupiter as a Dark Matter Detector

by Cesiley King | Jun 8, 2024 | Daily Paper Summaries, PRJ

Although dark matter makes up over 80% of the total matter content of the Universe, we have yet to detect it. Today’s author’s bring a new approach to the search effort that uses Jupiter as a dark matter detector.

Exoplanets are hot right now – will dark matter make them hotter?

Exoplanets are hot right now – will dark matter make them hotter?

by Guest | Mar 18, 2022 | Daily Paper Summaries

Taking chilly planets’ temperature with infrared telescopes will show us whether they warm their hands by a galactic dark matter furnace.

The Fault in our Star (Populations): Solving the Multiple Stellar Populations Problem with Dark Matter

The Fault in our Star (Populations): Solving the Multiple Stellar Populations Problem with Dark Matter

by Ciara Johnson | Jun 17, 2021 | Daily Paper Summaries

Globular clusters have puzzled astronomers with the presence of different distinct populations of stars; is dark matter a possible solution to this problem?

Deciphering gamma-rays from the heart of Andromeda

Deciphering gamma-rays from the heart of Andromeda

by Nora Shipp | Jun 29, 2018 | Daily Paper Summaries

Can dark matter annihilation explain multi-wavelength observations of Andromeda’s galactic center?

Future Gamma-ray Telescopes and the Search for Dark Matter

Future Gamma-ray Telescopes and the Search for Dark Matter

by Nora Shipp | Oct 3, 2017 | Daily Paper Summaries

Will future gamma-ray space telescopes be able to detect gamma-rays coming from invisible dark matter halos?

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