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Astronomers find a galaxy that had its dark matter siphoned away – Universe Today
The galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 surprised scientists by having almost no dark matter to complement its stellar population. Recently a team of astronomers has provided an…
The galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 surprised scientists by having almost no dark matter to complement its stellar population. Recently a team of astronomers has provided an explanation: a nearby galaxy has stripped NGC 1052-DF4 of its dark matter, and is currently in the process of destroying the rest of it too.
Despite its complete invisibility, dark matter is the fundamental building block of just about everything big in the universe. When you look at a galaxy, you see all the stars and blobs of glowing…
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