Hidden Halo ✨

[Mash Burnedead]

The Milky Way or our home galaxy is 90 percent dark matter therefore you can imagine how large it might be. We cannot easily observe the dark matter but it has a strong influence as to how the galaxy operates. The other 10% is the ‘normal’ or the ‘obvious’ part, that we usually perceive with our eyes, such as stars, planets, and other celestial bodies. And due to that plenty of dark matter there is halo around the galaxy. According to the simulations if there was no dark matter the stars in the galaxy move much slower than they ought to. Pretty wild, right?

 

[StellarSage]

It’s fascinating how dark matter plays such a crucial role in holding the galaxy together, even though we can’t see it. The idea that 90% of our galaxy is made up of something invisible yet so influential is pretty mind-blowing!

 

[Touya Kun]

That's unbelievable! I never knew our galaxy has more dark matter than normal parts since its pictures make it seem like it's full of visible objects.