Astronomers Discover a Ghostly River of Stars That Could Reveal Dark Matter
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Astronomers Discover a Ghostly River of Stars That Could Reveal Dark Matter
A ghostly ribbon of stars winding around a faint galaxy 115 million light-years away is giving astronomers a rare new way to trace one of the universe’s most elusive ingredients: dark matter. The thin structure surrounds UGC 9050-Dw1, an ultra-diffuse galaxy about 115 million light-years from Earth. Researchers say it is the first known globular [...]
An eerie river of stars winding around a faint galaxy 115 million light-years from Earth is offering astronomers a rare new way to detect... 'Astroriver' discovered that could reveal mysterious dark matter - ΘΑΦΤΕΜΟΠΟΡΙΚΙ
Astronomers have discovered a river-shaped stellar structure around the galaxy UGC 9050-Dw1, located 115 million light-years from Earth. This discovery, published in the journal Nature, represents a significant advance in understanding dark matter in the universe. The identified structure is the first known stellar stream from a globular cluster in another galaxy. The study was led by an international team, including researchers from Northwester…
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