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Simulations Show That Dark Matter Isn't What Gives Stellar Streams Their Kinks


Astronomers study dark matter through simulations of stellar streams around the Milky Way. They found that kinks and clumps within these streams aren't caused by dark matter clusters within the galactic halo.

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