The Darkest Galaxy? Discovery of the Faintest Milky Way Satellite

https://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/news/DarkGalaxy/

📷 Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is a truly miniscule group of stars (right), bound together by their own gravity (and maybe even dark matter!), in orbit around the Milky Way Credit: CFHT/S. Gwyn (right) / S. Smith (left).

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How dark galaxies are helping uncover the mysteries of dark energy.

Dark energy, a force responsible for the expansion of the universe, is mostly unknown. But this month, researchers released a new survey meant to unpack its mysteries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/26/science/space/dark-galaxy-stars.html

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#Astronomers discover new almost #darkgalaxy

https://phys.org/news/2023-10-astronomers-dark-galaxy.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

It seems that we really get a revivial of #DarkGalaxy . I think i played this game for over 10 years daily and have found a lot of friends 15-20 years ago :)

Anyone still remembering this game?
https://darkgalaxy.com/

Maybe my overactive imagination but I felt something ominous when reading about this ... Certainly a good basis for a story ... I'll mention it to Dr Bob who writes the comic strips I currently illustrate ...
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-dark-galaxy-emits-no-visible-light-scientists-say

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