For years, astronomers have worried about how to explain why the Milky Way has fewer satellite galaxies than the standard dark matter model predicts. This is called the 'missing satellites problem.'
Astronomers discover two new Milky Way satellite galaxy candidates retrieved 28 June 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-06-astronomers-milky-satellite-galaxy-candidates.html
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