Dark matter satellites trigger massive starbursts

Monday, March 14, 2016 - 07:30 in Astronomy & Space

One of the main predictions of the current model of the creation of structures in the universe, known at the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model, is that galaxies are embedded in very extended and massive halos of dark matter that are surrounded by many thousands of smaller sub-halos also made from dark matter. Around large galaxies, such […]

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