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‘Dark’ galaxy found using isle gear

COURTESY W.M. KECK / GEMINI OBSERVATORY

Using the world’s most powerful telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a massive galaxy that consists almost entirely of dark matter. Even though it is relatively close, astronomers had missed the galaxy, named “Dragonfly 44,“ for decades because it is very dim.