Article: SUPERCOMPUTER STUDY SHOWS MILKY WAY'S HALO OF DARK MATTER IN UNPRECEDENTED DETAIL

Article: Nearby galaxy sheds light on dark matter. (Large ...
Science News;  June 12, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... for the size and mass of dark matter in the Milky Way, "this measurement ... detecting it. To search for dark matter in the Milky Way, therefore, Lin and ... of the proposed halo of dark matter surrounding the Milky Way requires further knowledge ...

Article: Study shows clumps and streams of dark matter in ...
NewsRx Science;  August 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... and streams of dark matter within the halo of the Milky Way, and more ... associated with the Milky Way. The appearance ... substructure of the dark matter halo, Diemand ... the number of dark matter subhaloes in ... observed around the Milky Way. Some subhalos ...

Article: Milky Way contains a disk of 'dark matter', ...
The Hindustan Times;  September 17, 2008 ;     620 words ... ... galaxy, the Milky Way, contains a disk of 'dark matter'. The team ... thought that dark matter forms in roughly ... envelopes the Milky Way. But ... most lumps of dark matter in our locality ... halo around the Milky Way, but the ...

Article: Galactic de Gustibus: Milky Way's snacks shed light on ...
Science News;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... mapping our galaxy's dark matter, the vast, invisible ... say provides the Milky Way's gravitational ... eventually encircle the Milky Way. By tracing ... matter--mostly dark matter--that drew the ... standing problem with dark matter theory, Johnston ... circling close to the ...

Article: `Galactic Cannibalism' in a Bigger Milky Way; Evidence ...
The Washington Post;  June 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... evidence suggests our Milky Way galaxy is much ... halo of invisible "dark matter" that is gobbling ... do not know what dark matter is, but theorize ... stars visible in the Milky Way form a spiral ... spherical halos of dark matter. By making the ... cloud orbited the ...

Article: Dark matter makes Milky Way's stars extend ...
The Hindustan Times;  October 3, 2008 ;     607 words ... ... stars at the centre of the Milky Way could gobble up enough dark matter to extend their lifetimes ... reveal what the mysterious dark matter is actually made of ... roughly 90 percent of the Milky Way's mass, dark matter is thought to be too diffuse ...

Article: Milky Way survived ancient heat wave because of ...
The Hindustan Times;  July 1, 2009 ;     643 words ... ... satellites around the Milky Way, but the simulations ... of small clumps of dark matter should be orbiting ... galaxies like the Milky Way have so few companions ... thousands of small dark matter clumps should be orbiting the Milky Way, but they didn ...