25-08-2016 20:04 via scitechdaily.com

Dragonfly 44 – A Massive Galaxy That Consists Almost Entirely of Dark Matter

An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of dark matter. The galaxy, Dragonfly 44, is located in the nearby Coma constellation and had been overlooked until last year because of its unusual composition: It is a diffuse “blob” about the size of the Milky Way, but with far […]
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