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Astronomy & science · first seen 16 Sep, updated 16 Sep

Hubble found a narrow ribbon of stars apparently stripped from a globular cluster in a galaxy 115 million light-years away—the first evidence of such a stream beyond the Milky Way, opening a new way to map dark matter in distant galaxies.

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Hubble and CFHT imaging reveal a probable globular-cluster stream around UGC 9050-Dw1, demonstrating a new dark-matter probe while leaving substantial model uncertainty. The post Hubble found a narrow ribbon of stars apparently stripped fro…

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  1. SpaceDaily
    Hubble found a narrow ribbon of stars apparently stripped from a globular cluster in a galaxy 115 million light-years away—the first evidence of such a stream beyond the Milky Way, opening a new way to map dark matter in distant galaxies.