Dark matter halo magnification – haveeruonline

The artist’s impression of a dark matter halo of varying mass in space. Source: YU Jingchuan, Beijing Planetarium
Most of the matter in the universe is dark and is essentially completely different from the material that makes up stars, planets, and man. Galaxies form and grow as gases cool and condense in the center of this massive mass of dark matter, the so-called dark matter halo.
An international research team, led by Professor Wang Ji of the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chin…

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