Ghost Streams Over Our Heads: How Gaia's Stellar Tides Map Dark Matter
Gaia has found 100+ stellar streams crisscrossing the Milky Way halo. Each gap, spur, and kink is a dark-matter subhalo's fingerprint. Here's how astronomers read them.
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Gaia has found 100+ stellar streams crisscrossing the Milky Way halo. Each gap, spur, and kink is a dark-matter subhalo's fingerprint. Here's how astronomers read them.