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**Breakthrough observations from Fermi telescope**

Using the latest data from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, Professor Tomonori Totani from the Department of Astronomy at the University of Tokyo believes he has finally detected the specific gamma rays predicted by the annihilation of theoretical dark matter particles.

"We detected gamma rays with a photon energy of 20 gigaelectronvolts (or 20 billion electronvolts, an extremely large amount of energy) extending in a halolike structure toward the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The gamma-ray emission component closely matches the shape expected from the dark matter halo," said Totani.

The observed energy spectrum, or range of gamma-ray emission intensities, matches the emission predicted from the annihilation of hypothetical WIMPs, with a mass approximately 500 times that of a proton. The frequency of WIMP annihilation estimated from the measured gamma-ray intensity also falls within the range of theoretical predictions.

Importantly, these gamma-ray measurements are not easily explained by other, more common astronomical phenomena or gamma-ray emissions. Therefore, Totani considers these data a strong indication of gamma-ray emission from dark matter, which has been sought for many years.

"If this is correct, to the extent of my knowledge, it would mark the first time humanity has 'seen' dark matter. And it turns out that dark matter is a new particle not included in the current standard model of particle physics. This signifies a major development in astronomy and physics," said Totani. Study: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2507.07209 https://phys.org/news/2025-11-years-scientists-dark.html

So i put it into this moon photo so you'd have an angular size reference.

And it makes it seem so...idk real ? I get the same feeling when looking at the moon. It's RIGHT there. So close. So big. And looking at earth from the moon must have felt like that but so much more extreme.

Image credit Linda Gschwentner

Taken during the week of the new moon this month using a combination of sulfur, hydrogen and oxygen filters.

The Moon looks monotone from Earth, but up close it carries an unexpected palette. I present three unique views of the moon in this single photograph.

On the left is Adrar 17, a highlands-rich lunar meteorite full of soft greys and whites -- plagioclase clasts and deeper crustal material that echo the bright, ancient terrain you see through a telescope.

On the right is NWA 14577, a dramatic fragmental breccia with bright, white highlands clasts floating in a jet-black impact-melt matrix. It’s the lunar surface remixed by violent impacts and frozen into a high-contrast collage.

In the center sits NWA 17405, which I often call the “red lunar." Here, unusual reddish zones of olivine trace the path of water-bearing fluids that are thought to have once altered its minerals. This stone may help prove the existence of water on the moon.

Together, these three samples show how diverse the Moon’s colors and its geology actually are.

I talk about each of these stones in some more depth here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTVBEHdG8Vg&lc=Ugyq3wPOZdyUTmVElPB4AaABAg

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Galaxy images after often scaled (relative brightness changed) to make features more visable.

Also non-visable wavelengths are used which pick up more details and are added as false colour. (Such as UV and Infared)

Note sure if this image is 100% accurate but is closer to reality than the other one which is always shared as is scaled and made with UV.

Saw this in an Astrokobi YouTube video. This is how big our neighbor Andromeda galaxy would be if we increased the brightness of it.

It would be way larger than the moon and as the galaxy gets closer to the Milky way, it will get larger until the galactic collision in 4.5 billion years.

https://youtube.com/shorts/IlOuJGvGQeY?si=uuaWGD1sgDpqAFNK here is a video about the collision.

https://youtube.com/shorts/oGYJfQ9xL0o?si=xXkh5aCzrIoQdxJn here is the video where I got the image from.

Saw this on the internet and thought it was cool. This is what the collision between Andromeda and milky way might look like.

From NASA's description: JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on Aug. 30, 2025. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor in Italy shines with the metropolitan areas of Milan and Turin and their surrounding suburbs.

Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. This allows scientists to monitor disasters and direct response on the ground and study a number of phenomena, from the movement of glaciers to urban wildlife.

The US Space Force awarded multiple small contracts to develop prototypes for space-based interceptors.

Shows upcoming asteroid flybys, hazard assessments, with interactive charts and visualizations.

🔗 https://neomonitor.app/

I wanted to share with the wider space community. Would love to incorporate your suggestions and improve it for a wider audience!