Is Dark Matter Making Waves at Milky Way’s Edge?

Dark matter has been making waves in science for years, but apparently it’s been making ripples in the Milky Way for even longer.

New research reveals that dark matter may be responsible for creating waves observed at the outer edges of the galaxy. The ripples were created as a dwarf galaxy containing dark matter zoomed by the Milky Way, scientists say. A model of this interaction can be seen in this new video released last week, The traces of these galactic quakes in the Milky Way may provide a new way to study dark matter.

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