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		mixmastamyk on Aug 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Volunteers spot almost 100 cold brown dwarfs near ... Sounds like we've found our dark matter.

Igelau on Aug 21, 2020 [–]

One of the proposed dark matter explanations is "massive astrophysical compact halo objects" (MACHOs). Brown dwarfs are among some of the possible MACHO candidates.

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