Ultrahigh-Energy Diffuse Gamma Rays (IMAGE)

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Ultrahigh-Energy Diffuse Gamma Rays

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Ultrahigh-energy diffuse gamma rays (yellow points) are distributed along the Milky Way galaxy. The background color contour shows the atomic hydrogen distribution in the galactic coordinates. The gray shaded area indicates what is outside of the field of view.

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HEASARC / LAMBDA / NASA / GFSC

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