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Ring Of Stars Found Around Milky Way

Posted by timothy on from the but-they're-set-on-low dept.

LoPingHo writes "Scientists have found a ring of stars around our galaxy that has previously been undetected due to the faintness of the stars. The article says that it only amounts to 1% of the galaxies mass, but if they are just now finding those, that means there could be even fainter ones there too. Could this be part of the elusive 'dark matter' talked about so much lately?"

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  1. Where does the galaxy end? by teamhasnoi · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    If we keep looking for stars, our galaxy will end up as big as the universe.

    Besides, everyone knows that the 'dark matter' is really a black hole caught in the center of the earth, holding all of us (even upside-down China) with its massive gravity particles. Duh!

    Your pal,

    Stephen Hawking