08-27-2016, 05:29 AM
largest dark matter galaxy so far detected?"
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Yes, by a long way... this is a completely new discovery and mystery
Thanks Tom. It will be interesting to see where this leads. If an entire galaxy formed of dark matter exists, and is for all intents and purposes "invisible" by our current methods of observable detection*, we can only guess as to what else is out there, and how these objects may interact with what we now deem "visible."
A phrase first uttered back in the 1960's might also be applied to this new discovery. Dragonfly 44 really is far out and outasight.
* other than by inference, unexplained accelerations, etc
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Yes, by a long way... this is a completely new discovery and mystery
Thanks Tom. It will be interesting to see where this leads. If an entire galaxy formed of dark matter exists, and is for all intents and purposes "invisible" by our current methods of observable detection*, we can only guess as to what else is out there, and how these objects may interact with what we now deem "visible."
A phrase first uttered back in the 1960's might also be applied to this new discovery. Dragonfly 44 really is far out and outasight.
* other than by inference, unexplained accelerations, etc
“We do this thing not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy.”