Milky Way's own gravity can mimic dark matter clues, stellar stream simulations suggest

Phys.org reports that new simulations suggest the Milky Way's own gravity can mimic the signals astronomers attribute to dark matter. The research focuses on stellar streams — rogue bands of stars that orbit the galaxy much like planets orbit the sun. That means some dark matter clues might actually be explained by the galaxy's own pull.

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