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Stars made of antimatter could lurk in the Milky Way

If true, the preliminary find might mean some antimatter survived to the present day

map of Milky Way showing possible antistars

Fourteen celestial sources of gamma rays (colored dots in this all-sky map of the Milky Way; yellow indicates bright sources and blue shows dim sources) may come from stars made of antimatter.

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By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

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Fourteen pinpricks of light on a gamma-ray map of the sky could fit the bill for antistars, stars made of antimatter, a new study suggests.