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Nearly invisible 'ghost galaxy' made of 99% dark matter discovered
short by Neeraja Nath / on Sunday, 22 February, 2026
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered a nearly invisible "ghost galaxy" called CDG-2 that is composed of about 99% dark matter. Located roughly 300 million light-years away in the Perseus cluster, the galaxy was detected by spotting four tightly packed globular star clusters. The discovery offers a new way to find ultra-dim galaxies hidden in space.
read more at Science Daily