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Light extinguishes dark-matter claims

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Starlight accounts for anomalous electron signals.

By invoking the effects of starlight, theorists have created a model of the behaviour of galactic electrons, casting doubt on a signal that some had hoped pointed to a detection of dark matter.

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  1. Stawarz, Ł., Petrosian, V. & Blandford, R. D. Astrophys. J. 710, 236-247 (2010); advance online publication doi:10.1088/0004-637X/710/1/236

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Hand, E. Light extinguishes dark-matter claims. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.40

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