dark matter
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Shell Galaxy Reveals Its Onion-Like Layers to Dark Energy Camera
Behold a galactic onion: the shell galaxy NGC 3923, spotted by the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory’s Dark Energy Camera (DECam) at a distance of about 70 million light-years from Earth. Shell galaxies make up approximately 10% of all elliptical galaxies, one of the three main galaxy types. The other two types are spiral galaxies, like…
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Decoding Dark Matter and Energy: What You Need to Know About the Euclid Mission Launching This Weekend
Together, dark matter and dark energy comprise 95% of the known universe, yet scientists don’t know what they are. The Euclid telescope, set to launch to space from Florida on Saturday, may help decipher them.
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Updates on the Future of Sonic 2, The Mandalorian, and Star Trek: Picard
Rob Zombie shares more from behind the scenes on The Munsters. Joel Edgerton has boarded a new adaptation of Dark Matter. Plus, get a new sneak peek at what’s coming on The Walking Dead, and a glimpse of tomorrow’s episode of Star Trek: Picard. To me, my spoilers!
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Astrophysicists See a Galaxy That Weirdly Appears to Have No Dark Matter
Dark matter is the invisible something that gloms together galaxies like cosmic duct tape. But a team of researchers say they’ve found a distant galaxy entirely devoid of dark matter, a finding that could shake up understandings of both dark matter and galaxy formation.