Giant balloon gives rise to new view of the Milky Way’s centre
Airborne camera gathers data about the high-energy particles emanating from the core of our Galaxy. An ultra-sensitive camera attached to a giant balloon on Earth has captured light from a mysterious source at the centre of the Milky Way<sup><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02463-y#ref-CR1" data-track="click" data-action="anchor-link" data-track-label="go to reference" data-track-category="references">1</a></sup>. <section aria-labelledby="Bib1"><div class="c-article-section" id="Bib1-section"><h2 class="c-article-section__title js-section-title" id="Bib1">References</h2><div class="c-article-section__content" id="Bib1-content"><div data-container-section="references"><ol class="c-article-references" data-track-component="outbound reference" data-track-context="references section"><li class="c-article-references__item js-c-reading-companion-references-item" data-counter="1."><p class="c-article-references__text" id="ref-CR1">Ikeda, T. <i>et al.</i> <i>Phys. Rev. D</i> <b>114</b>, 043026 (2026).</p><p class="c-article-references__links u-hide-print"><a data-track="click_references" rel="nofollow noopener" data-track-label="10.1103/h89s-4p7q" data-track-item_id="10.1103/h89s-4p7q" data-track-value="article reference" data-track-action="article reference" href="https://doi.org/10.1103%2Fh89s-4p7q" aria-label="Article reference 1" data-doi="10.1103/h89s-4p7q">Article</a> <a data-track="click_references" data-track-action="google scholar reference" data-track-value="google scholar reference" data-track-label="link" data-track-item_id="link" rel="nofollow noopener" aria-label="Google Scholar reference 1" href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?&title=&journal=Phys.%20Rev.%20D&doi=10.1103%2Fh89s-4p7q&volume=114&publication_year=2026&author=Ikeda%2CT."> Google Scholar</a> </p></li></ol><p class="c-article-references__download u-hide-print"><a data-track="click" data-track-action="download citation references" data-track-label="link" rel="nofollow" href="https://citation-needed.springer.com/v2/references/10.1038/d41586-026-02463-y?format=refman&flavour=references">Download references<svg width="16" height="16" focusable="false" role="img" aria-hidden="true" class="u-icon"><use xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#icon-eds-i-download-medium"></use></svg></a></p></div></div></div></section>