Astronomers Discover Mysterious Massive Dark Object in Distant Universe
TL;DR
Scientists have potentially identified the smallest clump of pure dark matter ever observed, using gravitational lensing of an Einstein ring, which supports the cold dark matter theory and helps constrain dark matter properties.
- This might be the smallest clump of pure dark matter ever found Space
- A million-solar-mass object detected at a cosmological distance using gravitational imaging Nature
- Astronomers Find Mystery Dark Object in Distant Universe UC Davis
- Astronomers discover mysterious object that’s a million times larger than the sun — and completely invisible New York Post
- Mysterious faraway cosmic object could be dark matter or dwarf galaxy, study says USA Today
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