Signature of a Dark Ultracompact Dwarf Galaxy Transiting the Milky Way Disk
Ken Udagawa et al 2025 ApJL 990 L13 A vertical velocity anomaly in the stellar disk of the Milky Way and spatially coincident gaseous disturbances support the hypothesis that a dark or failed…
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