Space oddity! Massive Galaxy NGC 1277 has no dark matter
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Scientists have recently made a remarkable discovery about Galaxy NGC 1277, which is located within the Perseus Cluster some 240 million light-years away from us. A group of scientists, led by researcher Sebastien Comeron from IAC and the University of La Laguna (ULL), discovered something fascinating about the Galaxy NGC 1277. Unlike most big galaxies, which have an invisible substance called dark matter, NGC 1277 seems to be an exception as it has none! It's the first time such a massive galaxy, much bigger than our Milky Way, has been found without any signs of dark matter.Unlike other galaxies of its size, it appears to be devoid of dark matter, which normally constitutes around 85% of the matter in the universe. This finding makes NGC 1277 the first Milky Way-sized galaxy kn...