Astronomy / Space Six ‘Dark Galaxy’ Candidates Discovered With Little To No Stars

[Manticore]

Astronomers have discovered as many as six dark galaxy candidates, bizarre galaxies that appear to host little to no stars some 12 billion light-years away.

Astronomers observe six dark galaxies with no to little stars. Pictured, an image, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), showing a barred spiral galaxy named UGC 6093. Photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA

http://www.ibtimes.com/six-dark-galaxy-candidates-discovered-little-no-stars-2685071

 

[Patrick_68000]

The universe reserves us many surprises

Certainly our knowledge is very limited

 

[Zak Gordon]

Very interesting. Dyson spheres perhaps could be one consideration?

 

[Mengy]

At 12 billion lightyears away, we would only be seeing how they looked 12 billion years ago because that's how long it takes their light to get here. Is it possible that they are actually very young galaxies (to us anyway) in which stars haven't had enough time to properly form yet?