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[–] tolstoy ago 

What would a galaxy of black holes look like?

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[–] kugupu ago 

You're living in one. "The Milky Way galaxy contains some 100 billion stars. Roughly one out of every thousand stars that form is massive enough to become a black hole. Therefore, our galaxy must harbor some 100 million stellar-mass black holes."

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[–] I_check_passwords ago 

In layman's terms, what affect does this have on us as a planet and science in general? If they are full of dark matter like the article supposes what does that mean for science?

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[–] roboticon 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

We don't fully understand what dark matter might be (it's only postulated to exist by the theory of dark matter). Enhancing or contradicting the theory can improve our theories of gravity, quantum mechanics, etc. Better understanding of the fundamental forces and the nature of particles could enable us to create more useful materials, more easily and cheaply, harvest energy more efficiently, and so on.

The findings in the article could be explained by a theory of dark matter, which adds some support to the theory. If a theory comes along which can explain these findings better, or the findings could be found unlikely in a world where dark matter exists, that could help the science world adopt a new theory.

The findings also provide another avenue to explore and can suggest other ways of finding dark matter to study.

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[–] verifiedbyvisa 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Initially read this as a huge population of ultra dank galaxies.

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