Dark Matter Revealed By Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 7, 2010 @03:13PM from the that's-a-lot-of-dark dept.

c0mpliant writes "A huge halo of dark matter that surrounds our galaxy has been revealed to astronomers at the University of California. The team, headed by Dr. David Law, examined the orbit of stars dragged out of the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy as it passed by the Milky Way. The team noticed that the pattern suggested the composition of dark matter around the Milky Way is not uniform, instead making what they refer to as a 'squashed beach ball' shape. This marks the first definitive measure of dark matter in our universe The announcement was made at the 215th American Astronomical Society Meeting, the largest astronomy meeting in history."

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WTF? by gstoddart · 2010-01-07 16:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

A huge halo of dark natter that surrounds our galaxy

Dark natter? WTF?

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1. Re:WTF? by Cragen · 2010-01-07 22:58 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  That would explain a lot. It could be that background gossipy stuff that lurks in every workplace, causing everything to lag behind, without any real apparent reason.