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Milky Way May Have Dark Matter Satellite Galaxies
rubycodez writes "Berkeley astronomer Sukanya Chakrabarti has detected perturbations in the gases surrounding our Milky Way and concludes there is a satellite 'Galaxy X' 250,000 light years away that is mostly dark matter, but that may contain dwarf stars visible in infrared. She expects many more such dark matter satellites to the Milky Way to be discovered using her technique."
"The creature from invisible Galaxy X"
There was an interesting musing by the author of a recent Scientific American about how dark matter may interact with its own kind by forces other than the ones that cause normal matter to interact with its own kind. According to the musing (which the author rejects), dark matter operating under such forces could form complex systems, maybe even an unseen parallel universe where "people" live lives like ours, as unaware of us as we are of them. All undetectable, except by their gravitational attraction on us.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
One day we'll find out why we're having to explain shit with "dark matter", and the stupid concept will be laughed at like the Luminiferous aether is now.
Yeah, like neutrinos and X-rays and all that other weird shit people made up to explain problems away.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade