Dark Matter Free · Ultra-Diffuse

NGC 1052-DF2

NGC 1052-DF2 shook cosmology in 2018 when astronomers announced it appears to contain little to no dark matter — contradicting the assumption that dark matter is essential for galaxies to form. An ultra-diffuse galaxy, it is roughly the siz

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