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The case of the missing dark matter: new suspect found in galactic mystery – Phys.org

A faraway galaxy with almost no dark matter has threatened to break our theory of galaxy formation. New evidence suggests the galaxy isn’t an anomaly—but a victim…

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A faraway galaxy with almost no dark matter has threatened to break our theory of galaxy formation. New evidence suggests the galaxy isn’t an anomalybut a victim of theft.
Dark matteran invisible substance as enigmatic as its name suggestsis a key ingredient in helping galaxies form and stay alive.
It creates the strong gravity needed to spark galaxy formation and keep existing galaxies structurally intact.
But astronomers have been puzzled since last year’s discovery of ‘NGC1052-DF4’, a stable…

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