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British astronomers have discovered a cosmic phenomenon that appears to be an invisible galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter, the first ever detected.
The dark galaxy, which contains a large amount of mass that rotates like a galaxy but contains no stars, was first seen with the University of Manchester's Lovell Telescope in Cheshire, and the sighting was confirmed with the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico.
The unknown material that is thought to hold these galaxies together is known as 'dark matter', about which scientists still know very little. An image of the area in which the phenomenon was found can be seen here....
2005-02-25
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