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Light echoes reveal possible dark matter buildup around supermassive black holes

We may not know what dark matter is, but we keep getting whiffs of it. "We are reaching a point where the observational evidence for dark matter is simply undeniable," said Mayank Sharma, a Virginia Tech graduate student in physics.

Light echoes reveal possible dark matter buildup around supermassive black holes
Image: Phys.org
We may not know what dark matter is, but we keep getting whiffs of it. "We are reaching a point where the observational evidence for dark matter is simply undeniable," said Mayank Sharma, a Virginia Tech graduate student in physics.

Originally published at Phys.org

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