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A new discovery in an ancient galaxy – Newsroom
An international team of researchers has detected a giant dark matter halo in one of the most ancient galaxies in orbit around the Milky Way, writes Dr Heloise…
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An international team of researchers has detected a giant dark matter halo in one of the most ancient galaxies in orbit around the Milky Way.
With its 100 to 400 billion stars, large spiral arms, and abundance of bright young regions, our galaxy is one of the larger ones. Like other spirals with ongoing star formation, the matter in its gas and dust has been enriched over time with elements that could not be created in the Big Bang; they had to be formed deep in the heart of stars and…
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