An invisible ‘galactic cluster’ of dark matter with a mass of 10 million suns is destroying nearby stars, scientists say
- A V-cluster of stars known as Hyde is ‘being torn apart by gravity’
- European Space Agency scientists say culprit is dark matter lumps
- Clusters can be seen with the naked eye on the head of the constellation Taurus
Scientists believe that the star cluster closest to the Sun is being torn apart by a huge invisible mass.
Researchers say the field, known as Hydes, is a V-shaped cluster of stars through the constellation Taurus, which is being torn apart by gravity.
The cluster is about m00 million years old and is located about 153 light-years away from Earth.
But the team says it still had thousands more stars that have mysteriously disappeared.
Scientists say the Hydes star cluster collided with an invisible object 10 million times larger than the Sun.
They believe that the cluster, millions of years ago, encountered a massive invisible formation at a ratio of about 10 million to the mass of the Sun, which worked to tear it apart.
One possible explanation is that it was a dark matter – an invisible cloud of particles believed to be the remnants of a galaxy formation.
The work was published earlier this week in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
Scientists led by research partner Tereza Jerabkova of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Southern Observatory made the discovery while examining the Hyde Cluster using data collected by ESA’s Gaia Satellite.
Tereza said: ‘This is really a big mess with such confusion. The interaction would have taken place, and the Hydes had just been demolished.
‘With Gaia, the way we look at galaxies has completely changed. And with these discoveries, we will be able to better map the galaxy’s subsystems. ‘
Star clusters naturally lose stars as they tug at each other gravitationally which changes their velocity, moving some to the edge of the cluster.
They can be pulled out by the galaxy’s gravitational pull, forming two long tails called tidal tails.
Researchers say that the area known as Hydes is a V-shaped cluster of stars, separated by gravity, through the constellation Taurus.
Vice said to Teresa: ‘We have seen that the stars associated with the nearby star cluster are moving in such a way that they should not move if we apply our well-known and widely used models.
‘Either these models are wrong and have a big impact on this in physics, or the speed has changed due to a lump of dark matter, and this will also be an important discovery.
“This amazing thing about Gaia Satellite’s data is that for the first time in history, we have the opportunity to discover the findings of galaxies that are hidden in stars in a vast field in the galaxy.”
But she denies that our sun is facing the same with the invisible monster black hole, adding that it is ‘basically impossible’.
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