Dark matter hurricane passing through our solar system.
There’s a “dark matter hurricane” blowing through our corner of the Milky Way galaxy. Right this second, it’s passing over Earth. And this fast-moving stream could reveal major details about dark matter, a new study finds.
The dark matter is traveling in what is known as the S1 stream. Scientists think that streams like this one are the cosmic debris leftover when small galaxies stray too close to the Milky Way. Our gravitational forces tear the smaller galaxy apart, leaving behind a traveling, elliptical stream of stars, dark matter and other debris.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Maybe I'm wrong but I was always under the impression that we couldn't detect dark matter. If that's the case how do they know this is a dark matter hurricane passing through us now?
Or maybe I'm just a thick twit but it would be great if this were true.
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actually it is implied in this case. This is what the research is implying. Dark matter is the stuff that binds galaxies to together. Within our galaxies some stars come from an ancient galaxy that has merged with ours. By observing the motion of stars in our neck of the woods, many are moving in sync in a particular direction indicating that they are remnants of a merging galaxy and the motion vector passes through our solar system. We should be bathing in dark matter.
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