Starless 'Dark' Galaxy Found -
02-27-2005, 06:09 PM
[img]http://www.sciencedaily.com/images/2005/02/050224101540.jpg[/img]
The ellipse shows the region of sky where the dark galaxy was found - image taken by Cardiff Astronomers using the Isaac Newton Telescope on La Palma.
[quote:21f4d]The object appears to be made mostly of "dark matter," material of an unknown nature that can't be seen.
Theorists have long said most of the universe is made of dark matter. Its presence is required to explain the extra gravitational force that is observed to hold regular galaxies together and that also binds large clusters of galaxies.[/quote:21f4d]
This is what should be in that elipse: http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/news/darkgalaxy/NGC7479FT.jpg
[quote:21f4d]The type of galaxy that astronomers would have expected to see, based on the measurements taken. Image of Galaxy NGC 7479 taken by Nik Szymanek. Image obtained with the Faulkes Telescope North, Maui, copyright FTLLC.[/quote:21f4d]
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