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Astronomers Find Star-Less Galaxy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the arrange-a-transfer-from-la dept.

Wohngebaeudeversicherung writes "Astronomers have discovered a galaxy about 50 million lightyears away from earth that appears to be composed entirly of dark matter. This galaxy, dubbed VIRGOHI21 is rotating like a real galaxy, at speeds only explainable through massive amounts of matter, thought no single visible star could be detected."

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  1. Re:Black holes? by The_REAL_DZA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Still seeing only "clusters" of stars? Check out this view from our old friend Hubble!

    This image and the TERAbytes of data like it that have been collected over such a short time are testimony to why losing Hubble is going to be such a tragedy -- whether or not we understand or accept the reasons it's going to happen.

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