A NASA space telescope detected strange signals that could find out the reason behind the existence of matter in the universe. High-energy light has been detected by the Fermi space telescope. According to scientists, these signals could give information regarding a magnetic field that was present shortly after the big bang. The nature of these gamma rays could tell that more matter is present in the universe compared to anti-matter and may also reveal that why it existed.

According to scientists, the universe consisted of as much anti-matter in it as it had matter. Now there is much less antimatter present, but scientists are not yet clear that how matter dominated the universe.

As per current theories, a similar amount of antimatter should be present in the universe as there is matter and both are the same but have opposite charges. The new research is done on the basis of a theory that the complete universe is packed with screw-shaped magnetic fields.

Tanmay Vachaspati, the scientist who has led the research, told Space.com said that the best part is that a suspicious signal has been observed and eventually other things can also be done. According to Vachaspati, "We think the most likely candidate for why this is happening is the magnetic field. And then, if it is the magnetic field, then it seems most likely to me it's going to be this matter-antimatter asymmetry”.

It is expected that the new research will lead to some finding regarding presence of huge amount of matter in the universe. In order to conduct the study, scientists examined data regarding gamma rays, which are coming from very distant sources, such as supermassive black holes deep in the universe.