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Hubble identifies a near-invisible galaxy that may be 99% dark matter
Preliminary analysis suggests CDG-2 has the luminosity of roughly 6 million sun-like stars, with the globular clusters accounting for 16% of its visible content. Remarkably, 99% of its mass, which includes both visible matter and dark matter, appears to be dark matter. Much of its normal matter to enable star formation—primarily hydrogen gas—was likely stripped away by gravitational interactions with other galaxies inside the Perseus cluster.

Source: Phys.org
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phys.org Hubble identifies a near-invisible galaxy that may be 99% dark matter In the vast tapestry of the universe, most galaxies shine brightly across cosmic time and space. Yet a rare class of galaxies remains nearly invisible—low-surface-brightness galaxies dominated by dark ...
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