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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

A Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek

This picture shows where astronomers had expected to find dark matter (coloured blue) in and around our Galaxy. This distribution would mean that there is lots of dark matter in the region around our Sun. However, a team of astronomers has now observed the way that 400 stars near the Sun move about. From their movements, they have found no evidence for any dark matter in this region.

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ESO/L. Calçada

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