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Galaxy with no Dark Matter

  • December 12, 2021
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Galaxy with no Dark Matter

Subject – Science and Tech

Context – Astronomers led by researchers from the Netherlands have found no trace of dark matter in the galaxy AGC 114905

Concept –

  • Astronomers led by researchers from the Netherlands have found no trace of dark matter in the galaxy AGC 114905.
  • An ultra-diffuse dwarf galaxy, AGC 114905, is about 250 million light-years away. The word dwarf here refers to its luminosity (MNRAS).
  • The researchers collected data on the rotation of gas in AGC 114905 for 40 hours with the Very Large Array telescope.

Dark Matter

  • Dark matter, though never detected, is believed to be present in the entire universe, its existence presumed because a number of observable celestial phenomena could not be possible if the universe did not have much more matter in it than is seen.
  • It is believed to make up more than 95% of all universe.
  • Dark matter is composed of particles that do not absorb, reflect, or emit light, so they cannot be detected by observing electromagnetic radiation.
  • Its gravitational force prevents stars in our Milky Way from flying apart.
  • However, attempts to detect such dark matter particles using underground experiments, or accelerator experiments including the world’s largest accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), have failed so far.
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