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For years, a galaxy named Dragonfly 44 remained unnoticed despite its relative proximity to us here in the Milky Way. This wasn’t surprising, seeing as this galaxy is very dim. Last year, astronomers ...

A few years ago, scientists discovered an extremely puzzling galaxy that appeared to contain 10,000 times more dark matter than visible matter. The galaxy, named Dragonfly 44, was thought to be some ...

(CNN) Welcome to the dark side of the universe. In a direct contrast with the beautifully bright Milky Way galaxy, a “dark twin” called Dragonfly 44 has been discovered 300 million light-years away in ...

At present, the formation of galaxies is difficult to understand without the presence of a ubiquitous, but mysterious component, termed dark matter. Astronomers have measure how much dark matter there ...

When astronomers look for new galaxies, they’re looking for huge clusters of stars, or bright spots, where it’s evident that gravity is holding everything together. On the other hand, there’s a very ...

The surprising discovery of a massive, Milky Way-size galaxy that is made of 99.99 percent dark matter has astronomers dreaming up new ideas about how galaxies form. Dragonfly 44 is a dim galaxy, with ...

NASA first noticed Dragonfly 44, a dim galaxy in the Coma Cluster, when early measurements suggested it was almost pure dark matter – 99.99%, with just a thin scattering of stars holding it together.

Astronomers have found that the total number of globular clusters around Dragonfly 44 and, therefore, the dark matter content, is much less than earlier findings had suggested, which shows that this ...

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Dark matter is infuriating. It's everywhere, outnumbering regular matter by 5 to 1. Yet it doesn't reveal itself to our eyes or telescopes. Dark matter gives off no light and interacts with ordinary ...