Does Your Halo Ever Give You a Headache? : Discovery News
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http://news.discovery.comApparently there is a halo of dark matter surrounding the Milky Way galaxy -- as there is, indeed, surrounding many other galaxies -- and it bears the improbable shape of a giant beach ball that's been partially deflated and flattened out, according to new results presented at last week's annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Scientists from UCLA, University of Virginia and Columbia University announced the finding after making the first ever measurement of the 3D shape of a single dark matter halo./space/does-your-halo-ever-give-you-a-headache.html
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