Astronomers discover halo of dark matter surrounding ancient dwarf galaxy

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Invisible, elusive dark matter is believed to make up about 85 per cent of all the matter in the universe

A team of astronomers from MIT claim to have found evidence of a vast halo of dark matter halo around an ancient galaxy. The team say they have identified nine stars at the edge of the galaxy Tu...

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