In 2006 MAGIC detected[5] very high energy cosmic rays from the quasar 3C 279, which is 5 billion light years from Earth.

MAGIC did not observe cosmic rays resulting from dark matter decays in the dwarf galaxy Draco.

A much more controversial observation is an energy dependence in the speed of light of cosmic rays coming from a short burst of the blazar Markarian 501 on July 9, 2005.

The researchers have suggested that the delay could be explained by the presence of quantum foam, the irregular structure of which might slow down photons by minuscule amounts only detectable at cosmic distances such as in the case of the blazar.

Directing the telescope to different elevation angles causes the reflector to deviate from its ideal shape due to the gravity.

[9] Physicists from over twenty institutions in Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Croatia, Finland, Poland, India, Bulgaria and Armenia collaborate in using MAGIC; the largest groups are at