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New Method Reveals Dark Matter Is Five Times More Abundant

2/28/2025

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A groundbreaking method to map dark matter has emerged, revealing it to be five times more prevalent than ordinary matter. By examining the "wobble" of the Milky Way influenced by satellite galaxies and solitary pulsars, scientists aim to double the pulsars available for measuring galactic accelerations, opening new frontiers in dark matter research.

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A groundbreaking method to map dark matter has emerged, revealing it to be five times more prevalent than ordinary matter. By examining the "wobble" of the Milky Way influenced by satellite galaxies and solitary pulsars, scientists aim to double the pulsars available for measuring galactic accelerations, opening new frontiers in dark matter research.