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Astronomers Discovered An Ancient Galaxy Surrounded By Dark Matter – Optic Flux – Optic Flux

Nearly 163,000 light-years away from Earth lays an older, significantly smaller galaxy called Tucana II, named after the tropical bird-resembling constellation…

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Nearly 163,000 light-years away from Earth lays an older, significantly smaller galaxy called Tucana II, named after the tropical bird-resembling constellation it is part of.
Located at the edge of our galaxy’s gravitational pull, Tucana II gave researchers the chance to understand more about the earliest galactic structures in the universe.
Currently, a team of astronomers discovered traces of an extended halo of dark matter that borders the galaxy. Their findings were published recently in the…

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