Research pair suggests dark matter could create halos of light around galaxies
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 09:02
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—A pair of researchers affiliated with Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris has suggested that dark matter may impact light in a way not thought of before. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, Jonathan Davis and Joseph Silk suggest that dark matter could scatter light from stars creating halos of light around galaxies.