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Stars in dwarf spheroidal galaxies behave in a way that suggests the galaxies are utterly dominated by dark matter, University of Michigan astronomers have found.

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    Beowolf10 months, 2 weeks ago

    Is it politically correct to call them "dwarf" galaxies? Can't we just call them "small" or "spacially challenged" galaxies?

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