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HAWC Panorama

The HAWC Observatory, perched next to a volcano at an altitude of 13,500 feet, uses its 300 massive water tanks to scoop up the products of high-energy particle collisions happening in the upper atmosphere.

Credit: Jordan Goodman

Geminga

Gamma-ray sky map produced by the HAWC observatory for the region around the pulsars Geminga and PSR B0656+14, showing how large they appear in comparison to the size of the moon.

Credit: HAWC Collaboration

High-altitude observatory sheds light on origin of excess anti-matter

UNM scientists play key role in discovery

November 16, 2017

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