dark flow

English

Etymology

dark (“hidden”) +‎ flow From the motion of galaxy clusters due to a hidden influence, possibly from beyond the horizon of the observable universe.

Noun

dark flow (countable and uncountable, plural dark flows)

  1. (astrophysics) A possible non-random component of the peculiar velocity of galaxy clusters.

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