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Dark Matter in the Galaxy and elsewhere
Mattia Fornasa, Enzo Branchini, Lidia Pieri and I have been studying the flux and the angular power spectrum of gamma-rays produced by Dark Matter (DM) annihilations in the Milky Way…
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International Year of Astronomy: Opening Ceremony
The Opening ceremony of the International Year of Astronomy will take place in Paris, January 15-16, 2009, under the aegis of the UN, the UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and…
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Fermi LAT discovers 12 new pulsars
The Fermi satellite has discovered 12 new gamma-ray-only pulsars. You can find more information on the NASA website , or read the corresponding Symmetry Breaking Blog entry.
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France covered in snow
From the website of the European Space Agency: “This satellite image, acquired by Envisat’s Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument on 7 January 2009, shows most of central and northern…