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luckybipedal t1_jd8vyjo wrote

Reply to comment by boundegar in Research team finds indirect evidence for existence of dark matter surrounding black holes by karmagheden

They talk about dynamical friction, which is a result of gravitational interactions. It's new to me too. I found this high level explanation: https://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/D/Dynamical+Friction

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magnamed t1_jd9s85y wrote

Just wanted to shoot you a thanks for the link.

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the_funambule t1_jda2h67 wrote

you had me in the first half ngl

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magnamed t1_jda6fxh wrote

Yeah I guess that doesn't really come across all that well over text. Didn't mean anything bad by it.

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