X-Rays surrounding ‘Magnificent 7’ may be traces of sought-after particle: Researchers say they may have found proof of theorized axions, and possibly dark matter, around group of neutron stars – Science Daily

A new study, led by a theoretical physicist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), suggests that never-before-observed particles called axions may be the source of unexplained, high-energy X-ray emissions surrounding a group of neutron stars.First theorized in the 1970s as part of a solution to a fundamental particle physics problem, axions are expected to be produced at the core of stars, and to convert into particles of light, called photons, in…

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