US EditionDark Galaxy Discovered in Perseus Cluster: New Evidence Unveiled
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Imagine a structure as vast as a galaxy, weighing billions of times the mass of the Sun, but totally undetectable with the naked eye. What has so far been a matter of theory has just become a concrete reality. Astrophysicists have identified CDG-2, a "dark galaxy" located 300 million light years away. Its particularity? It contains almost [...]
At the heart of the Perseus cluster, a spectral galaxy defies our understanding of the universe. Nicknamed CDG-2, it is so diffuse and star-poor that it is almost entirely composed of black matter, making it virtually undetectable.
A Galaxy Composed Almost Entirely of Dark Matter Has Been Confirmed
XingChao Zhang/GETTY IMAGES Astronomers have just identified what appears to be a cosmic anomaly: a faint galaxy with so few visible stars that, according to calculations, as much as 99.9 percent of its mass is dark matter. The remaining 0.1 percent is conventional matter. This galaxy, located about 300 million light-years away, is practically invisible. Only four globular clusters, small concentrations of stars that look like isolated neighborh…
Dark Galaxy Discovered in Perseus Cluster: New Evidence Unveiled
The recently discovered dark galaxy candidates, particularly Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), are primarily composed of dark matter and emit minimal light. This intriguing object features four globular clusters and is part of the Perseus galaxy cluster. The identification of CDG-2 presents significant implications for astronomers’ understanding of galaxy formation and evolution within the cosmic web, [...] The post Dark Galaxy Discovered in Pers…
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