SMRTR Science & EngineeringJan 11, 2026Science Daily

Astronomers find a ghost galaxy made of dark matter

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Hubble Space Telescope astronomers discovered Cloud-9, the first confirmed "ghost galaxy" made entirely of gas and dark matter but containing no stars, representing a failed galaxy from the Universe's early formation stages. This rare cosmic relic, spanning 4900 light-years with mass equivalent to 5 billion suns, provides scientists their first direct look at dark-matter-dominated structures that never developed into full galaxies.

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