Tuesday, June 11, 2013

ScienceDaily: Dark Matter News

ScienceDaily: Dark Matter News


Scientists size up universe's most lightweight dwarf galaxy

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 10:35 AM PDT

The least massive galaxy in the known universe has now been measured, clocking in at just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them together.

Simple theory may explain mysterious dark matter

Posted: 10 Jun 2013 10:28 AM PDT

The reason dark matter, which makes up 85 percent of all the matter in the universe, is invisible could be because it possesses a rare, donut-shaped type of electromagnetism instead of the more exotic forces that have been proposed, according to an analysis by theoretic physicists.

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