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He introduces readers to this search, defining what scientists know about the nature of dark matter and introducing candidate hiding places known as massive compact halo objects (MACHOs). Most are as exotic as the names their inventors have given them: massive compact halo objects (MACHOs), weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), axions, neutralinos, and wimpzillas. In analyzing the first 2 years' worth of data from their continuing search, the researchers found seven lensing events that they ascribe to assemblages of dark matter known as Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOs). |
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