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Can dark matter be relativistic dust?

As far as I know the mass of an observed object increases as it approaches the speed of light.

Is it possible that the excess mass called "dark matter" is due to relativistic dust?

Surely, stars cannot account for that excess mass since we can measure their speeds and they are not relativistic. However, can we observe and measure the velocity of dust in the galaxy? Maybe the dust could account for missing matter...