Published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters · View the paper (DOI)
A team of researchers led by Zili Shen and Pieter van Dokkum used Hubble Space Telescope to measure the distance of ultra-diffuse galaxy NGC1052-DF2, confirming it lacks dark matter. The results are based on 40 orbits of the telescope and provide crucial implications for estimating the physical properties of the galaxy.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Hubble data confirms galaxies lacking dark matter Institute for Advanced Study · Jun 17, 2021 · first to report
- Mystery of Galaxy's Missing Dark Matter Deepens NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center · Jun 17, 2021