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Observatory in Mexico Sheds Light on Origin of Excess Positrons in Outer Space
November 17, 2017
LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, Nov. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news release:

Using new data from the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) Gamma-Ray Observatory in Mexico, researchers have ruled out two pulsars previously believed to be the source of excess positrons just above the Earth's atmosphere. That leaves the positrons' origin a mystery that is perhaps explained by dark matter.

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