this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
154 points (95.8% liked)

science

24167 readers
377 users here now

A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.

dart board;; science bs

rule #1: be kind

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
m3t00@lemmy.world
Joleee@lemmy.world
laverabe@lemmy.world
DeadPand@midwest.social
laverabe@lemmy.zip
154
Milky Way is embedded in a 'large-scale sheet' of dark matter, which explains motions of nearby galaxies (phys.org)
submitted 2 days ago by m3t00@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Dark matter is a place holder. There are hypotheses about what it could be.