August 10, 2022

NGC 1427A, one of the dwarf galaxies in the Fornax cluster that appear to be devoid of dark matter halos (Image ESO)

An article published in the journal “Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society” reports the results of a study of the distribution and morphology of the dwarf galaxies of the Fornax cluster which concludes that they are free of dark matter halos. A team of researchers coordinated by the German University of Bonn and the Scottish University of Saint Andrews examined those dwarf galaxies to see how perturbed they are by gravitational tides generated by nearby galaxies.