Minimum Mass For Galaxies Discovered: Breakthrough Sheds Light On Mysterious Dark Matter
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 22:35
in Astronomy & Space
By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe -- 10 million times the mass of the sun.
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