Dark Matter Shell Saved Wannabe Galaxy
from 60-Second Space Hosted by Scientific American
A failed dwarf galaxy called the Smith Cloud apparently survived an ancient collision with the Milky Way because of a protective dark matter cloak. Clara Moskowitz reports
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