HUNTSVILLE, Ala., May 21 -- The University of Alabama in Huntsville issued the following news release:
The Large Magellanic Cloud has a mass of approximately 41 billion times that of the Sun.
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, have identified a promising new method for measuring the mass of galaxies orbiting the Milky Way by using pulsars, some of the universe's most precise natural clocks, to detect tiny gravitational effects across our galaxy. The work offers a novel approach for studying the hidden dark matter contained within nearby satellite galaxies. The findings could have broad implications for astrophysics and cosmology.
The study was authored by UAH astrophy...