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August 29, 2016

Scientists Discover A 'Dark' Milky Way
New Haven CT (SPX) Aug 29, 2016
Using the world's most powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has found a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of dark matter. The galaxy, Dragonfly 44, is located in the nearby Coma constellation and had been overlooked until last year because of its unusual composition: It is a diffuse "blob" about the size of the Milky Way, but with far fewer stars. "Very soon after its discovery, we realized this galaxy had to be more than meets the eye. It has so few stars that it w ... read more

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