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Something Invisible Is Tearing Apart The Nearest Star Cluster to Earth – ScienceAlert
Strange things are afoot in the Milky Way.
Strange things are afoot in the Milky Way.
According to a new analysis of Gaia satellite data, the closest star cluster to our Solar System is currently being torn apart – disrupted not just by normal processes, but also by the gravitational pull of something massive we can’t see.
This disruption, astronomers say, could be a hint that an invisible clump of dark matter is nearby, wreaking gravitational havoc on anything within its reach.
Actually, star clusters being pulled apart by gravitational…
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