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Shadowy Galaxy Has More Dark Matter Than Any Other Known

Tuesday, August 23, 2011 15:04

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Astronomers have discovered a galaxy harboring more dark matter than any seen before.

The galaxy is a small group of about 1,000 small, dim stars just outside the Milky Way called Segue 1. But while most of those stars appear to have roughly the mass of the sun, the galaxy as a whole weighs 600,000 times the mass of the sun. That means the normal matter stars are vastly outweighed by dark matter.

Invisible dark matter has never been directly detected, but scientists think it exists based on the gravitational pull it exerts on the rest of the universe.

Shadowy Galaxy Has More Dark Matter Than Any Other Known

HERE 02 August 2011 Time: 06:00 AM ET

A galaxy called Segue 1 appears to be heavily dominated by dark matter.
CREDIT: Marla Geha, Keck Observatory

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