1 00:00:00,060 --> 00:00:05,100 ♪Music♪ 2 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:12,160 M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, is the closest galaxy like our own 3 00:00:12,180 --> 00:00:14,270 ♪Music♪ 4 00:00:14,290 --> 00:00:21,310 Now, NASA's Fermi mission reports a strange gamma-ray signal at its center 5 00:00:21,330 --> 00:00:26,410 ♪Music♪ 6 00:00:26,430 --> 00:00:32,510 This could be a signal of mysterious dark matter 7 00:00:32,530 --> 00:00:39,640 Or the collective glow of many spinning neutron stars, called pulsars 8 00:00:39,660 --> 00:00:45,750 Astronomers don't yet know 9 00:00:45,770 --> 00:00:51,840 Fermi has found a similar unexplained signal at the center of our own galaxy 10 00:00:51,860 --> 00:00:59,940 By exploring M31, Fermi may be able to tell us what's going on much closer to home 11 00:00:59,960 --> 00:01:10,317 [Beeping]