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    Bulgeless dwarf galaxies and dark matter cores from supernova-driven outflows

    Observations show most dwarf galaxies to be almost 'bulgeless', consisting of a rotating stellar disc embedded in a massive near-constant-density core halo of cold dark matter. This sits uncomfortably with the...

    F. Governato, C. Brook, L. Mayer, A. Brooks, G. Rhee, J. Wadsley, P. Jonsson in Nature (2010)

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    Early gas strip** as the origin of the darkest galaxies in the Universe

    Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are dominated by dark matter, and within their ranks Draco, Ursa Minor and Andromeda X are 'darkest'. None of the models so far proposed to explain their formation can account for bot...

    L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, C. Mastropietro, J. Wadsley in Nature (2007)