Giant balloon gives rise to new view of the Milky Way’s centre

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Airborne camera gathers data about the high-energy particles emanating from the core of our Galaxy.

The Milky Way galaxy stretches diagonally across a star-filled sky, with dense star clusters, dark dust clouds and glowing pink and purple nebulae visible throughout

The Milky Way’s centre emits high-energy γ-rays, the exact source of which is a mystery. Credit: Juan Carlos Casado (starryearth.com)/Science Photo Library

An ultra-sensitive camera attached to a giant balloon on Earth has captured light from a mysterious source at the centre of the Milky Way.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02463-y

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