Unexplained “filaments” of radio-wave emission close to our galaxy’s centre may hold proof of the existence of dark matter, researchers have said.
Dark matter is believed to make up most of the mass of our Universe, but it has yet to be definitively spotted.
A report now suggests the filaments’ emission arises from dark matter particles crashing into each other.
However, the work, posted to the Arxiv repository, requires extensive further experiments to support or refute it.
The filaments have been something of a mystery to astronomers since they were first discovered in the 1980s.
via bbc.co.uk
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