Cluster Filled with Dark Matter May House 'Failed Galaxies'

Friday, February 20, 2015 - 17:50 in Astronomy & Space

A strange set of 48 galaxies in the Coma Cluster has very few stars, revealing that these galaxies are especially rich in dark matter. The galaxies may have been robbed of much of their star-forming gas early in their formation, researchers say.

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