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posted by takyon on Monday April 01 2019, @09:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the gaaarlaktus dept.

From New Atlas:

Some of the strongest evidence for dark matter to date has been discovered – and ironically, that's thanks to its absence. In a pair of studies published this week, astronomers have shed new light on dark matter through close observation of a galaxy previously found to have very little of the stuff, while the same team found a new example of a similar oddball galaxy.

It's generally believed that galaxies are held together through the gravitational influence of clumps of dark matter, so to find a galaxy with little to no dark matter was a surprise. And while it might sound like a strike against the theory, it actually ends up supporting it.

A Second Galaxy Missing Dark Matter in the NGC 1052 Group (DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab0d92) (DX)

Still Missing Dark Matter: KCWI High-resolution Stellar Kinematics of NGC1052-DF2 (DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab0e8c) (DX)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 02 2019, @05:55PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 02 2019, @05:55PM (#823712)

    Or, dark matter DOES NOT EXIST...go with Occam's razor and choose the scientific, simple QI.

    Or you don't exist. There's about the same amount of evidence for that as there is for dark matter: Both have only been indirectly observed.

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday April 02 2019, @07:55PM (2 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday April 02 2019, @07:55PM (#823760) Journal

    Ooooooo.....SO Scientific, just like dark matter!

    Hmmm... except DM HASN'T even been INDIRECTLY observed, only IMAGINED to be observed, while my wife has observed me many times.

    Try again, bright eyes.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 02 2019, @09:10PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 02 2019, @09:10PM (#823790)

      Hmmm... except DM HASN'T even been INDIRECTLY observed, only IMAGINED to be observed, while my wife has observed me many times.

      What is this "wife" of which you speak?

      Some sort of fleshlight?

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday April 02 2019, @09:38PM

        by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday April 02 2019, @09:38PM (#823796) Journal

        GOOD. ONE!

        No wonder you believe in dark matter.

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