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Cecilia Scorza, EU-UNAWE Germany

The Dark Side of Star Clusters

This space photograph shows galaxy called Centaurus A (sen-TOR-us Ay). The galaxy is surrounded by thousands of globular clusters. Each of the circles in this picture shows the location of a cluster. Many of them are normal, but some of them have a dark secret — they hold lots of dark matter!

Credit:

ESO/Digitized Sky Survey. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

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