Using more than 500 hours of H.E.S.S. observations of the Milky Way’s center, astronomers searched for gamma-ray signals that could reveal dark matter annihilation.

No definitive signal was found, but the results place powerful new constraints on heavy dark matter and provide the first limits on the thermal Higgsino. These findings could help guide the next generation of gamma-ray observatories.

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