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Mysterious Objects Detected Floating Through Deep Space
Researchers suggest that invisible masses may be passing in front of pulsars, temporarily blocking their light pulses.
For years, astronomers have been using the extremely steady flashes of light emanating from pulsars, the highly magnetized remains of dead stars that spin like cosmic lighthouses, to keep time on an atomic level of accuracy and observe gravitational waves. As IFLScience reports, researchers are now suggesting that huge invisible masses may be passing in front of the pulsars, causing barely perceptible delays in the signals on the microsecond level. "This research sheds new light on the nature of dark matter and its distribution in the Milky Way and may also improve the accuracy of the precision pulsar data."
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