Galaxies spin far too fast for the matter we can see. Something invisible holds them together, and after 50 years nobody has caught it.
Imagery:
ESO, ESA/Hubble & NASA
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Gozaliasl, A. Koekemoer, M. Franco, and the COSMOS-Web team
ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker and the PHANGS-HST Team
ESA/Hubble & NASA, S. JhaAcknowledgement: L. Shatz
NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton (University of Washington, USA), B. F. Williams (University of Washington, USA), L. C. Johnson (University of Washington, USA), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler.
ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Josh Barrington
ESO/S. Brunier
ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (Geckzilla)
ESA/Hubble, NASA, Rivera-Thorsen et al.
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, H. Atek, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)Acknowledgement: R. Endsley
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, G. Östlin, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, J. Melinder, the JADES Collaboration, the MIDIS collaboration, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
ESO/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
G. Hüdepohl (atacamaphoto.com)/ESO
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