Astronomers Find Star-Less Galaxy

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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Re:I like the picture

[nuclear305]

I thought it was also funny that there are stars and such within said circle...

Yep, let's talk about a dark-matter galaxy where no stars can be seen and then post a picture of what looks like a normal starfield and circle a part of it that looks no different from the rest.