This rendering of data from the Eris computer simulation shows that all stars in the galaxy are concentrated around the galactic center, but older stars and dark matter are more spherically distributed around the Milky Way, while younger stars are more concentrated within the disk of the galaxy. Photo courtesy of the researchers
How an international team is constraining the speed of dark matter. Just how quickly is the dark matter near Earth zipping around? The speed of dark matter has far-reaching consequences for modern astrophysical research, but this fundamental property has eluded researchers for years. In a paper published Jan...
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