Invisible' dark matter galaxy (galaxy x) detected orbiting Milky Way

[The Straight Story]

Invisible' dark matter galaxy detected orbiting Milky Way

Our Milky Way galaxy may have a mysterious, invisible neighbor galaxy that contains an overwhelming amount of dark matter, according to National Geographic.

The dark galaxy, dubbed 'Galaxy X' by the scientists who have detected it, was found using a technique similar to that used 160 years ago to predict the existence of Neptune, which was given away by its gravitational effect on Uranus long before it was peered at through a telescope.

In fact, gravitational effects are typically the only way to detect dark matter because it emits no light.

"This is basically a new method to render dark galaxies visible," said Sukanya Chakrabarti, the University of California at Berekeley researcher who devised the new technique.

Chakrabarti's technique is capable of detecting dim dwarf galaxies as small as a thousandth the mass of the Milky Way, and she believes confirming the existence of Galaxy X could lead to the discovery of more nearby dark matter galaxies. In fact, Chakrabarti thinks dark matter galaxies could be lurking in great numbers just outside the Milky Way.

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/invisible-dark-matter-galaxy-detected-orbiting-milky-way

[xchrom]

1. They Came from Galaxy X...nt

[DCKit]

2. They should rename it "Heaven", then sit back and watch the fun begin. nt