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According to the Fermi LAT collaboration, the galaxy’s excessive gamma-ray glow likely comes from pulsars, the remains of collapsed ancient stars.

From American Institute of Physics’ FYI, May 1, 2017: Lawmakers have reached an agreement on a fiscal year 2017 catchall spending package that includes annual appropriations and programmatic guidance for the science agencies through Sept. 30 of this year.

From CERN Courier, April 13, 2017: It took decades for dark matter to enter the lexicon of particle physics. Today, explaining the nature and abundance of dark matter is one of the most pressing problems in the field. Fermilab and University of Chicago’s Dan Hooper and University of Amsterdam’s Gianfranco Bertone review the 80-year history.

See Boston University physicist Tulika Bose’s answers to readers’ questions about research at the Large Hadron Collider.

From SCOAP³, April 27, 2017: High-energy physics articles published in the three APS journals Physical Review C, Physical Review D and Physical Review Letters will be open-access as of January 2018.

Boston University physicist Tulika Bose explains why there’s more than one large, general-purpose particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider.

From The Beacon-News, April 25, 2017: At the high-tech scientific center that is Fermilab in Batavia, Cleo Garcia has a unique job – herdsman.

From Nature, April 11, 2017: Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment will measure the muon’s magnetic moment with unparalleled precision, perhaps revealing unknown virtual particles.

Undergraduates search for hidden tombs in Turkey using cosmic-ray muons.

From Daily Herald, April 11, 2017: Elgin’s youngest bison has been known only as No. 67 — from the Fermilab auction where she was purchased — and needs a name.