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### Distribution of Dark Matter around galaxies [duplicate]

It is well-known that measurements of the velocity profile in galaxies are not compatible with Newtonian laws. A way to circumvent the problem is to assume that galaxies are surrounded by a spherical ...
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### Why does not dark matter gather and form celestial bodies? [duplicate]

since the only thing we know about dark matter that it "attracts" and affect our Baryonic matter's momentum and speed, which means that it does have mass of a sort. so why didn't we witness a ...
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### Gravitational collapse of dark matter [duplicate]

The gravitational lensing evidence suggests the existence of massive and relatively dense regions of dark matter. However, if dark matter interacts only gravitationally, what would stop it from ...
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### Why doesn't dark matter collapse into a black hole? [duplicate]

Dark matter supposed to be affected only by gravity and no other force. At the same time, however, dark matter forms halos around galaxies, that become visible examining how galaxies and clusters bend ...
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### Why does dark matter form a halo, Unlike normal matter? [duplicate]

Hi I am curious to know why dark matter forms a halo? Or why doesn't normal matter form a halo.What is the difference between the two My level is amateur
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### Does dark matter act gravitationaly to itself. If Yes, why does not form more compact objects? [duplicate]

Does dark matter act gravitationaly to itself.If Yes, why does not form more compact objects? Can this be explained as its components have enough kinetic energy to overcome the collapse?
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### How is light affected by gravity?

Light is clearly affected by gravity, just think about a black hole, but light supposedly has no mass and gravity only affects objects with mass. On the other hand, if light does have mass then doesn'...
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### If dark matter can't lose kinetic energy, then why is it not traveling at relativistic speeds?

I have read this question: The only way you can do this is to remove kinetic energy from the system. With normal matter this is done through electromagnetic interactions, which turn the kinetic ...
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### How can dark matter collapse without collisions or radiation?

I understand that dark matter does not collapse into dense objects like stars apparently because it is non-interacting or radiating and thus cannot lose energy as it collapses. However why then does ...
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### Why doesn't the dark matter halo co-rotate with the luminous disk? What keeps it from falling into the center if not angular momentum?

Why doesn't the dark matter halo co-rotate with the luminous disk? What keeps it from falling into the center if not angular momentum?
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### How does Dark Matter form a halo?

Here are the velocity components of the Milky Way (according to Sofue et al. 2013) out to 20 kpc. The vertical axis is $k$ $s^{-1}$. The horizontal axis is $kpc$. The purple line is the rotation ...
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### If dark matter can't interact electromagnetically, then how can it annihilate into photons?

I have read this question: As I understand, dark matter theoretically only interacts with the gravitational force, and doesn't interact with the other three fundamental forces: weak nuclear force, ...
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### If dark matter can't clump together, then where was it when the observable universe was much smaller at the beginning of the universe?

I have read this question: To zeroth order, dark matter can only 'clump' as much as its initial energy (obtained soon after the big-bang) allows. One example of such a 'clump' is a 'Dark Matter Halo' ...