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Stellar stream beyond Milky Way offers new tool to map dark matter

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Stellar stream beyond Milky Way offers new tool to map dark matter
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In the image above, a faint trail of stars can be seen stretching across the galaxy. These structures, known as globular cluster stellar streams, are coherent stellar structures that retain a record of their dynamical history and can provide unique insights into the evolution of galaxies and the nature of dark matter.

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