New 'Hobbit' galaxies discovered around Milky Way

New 'Hobbit' galaxies discovered around Milky Way - USATODAY.com

These faint hobbit galaxies fill in some of the blanks for missing galaxies that were predicted to swarm around the Milky Way, known as the "missing satellite problem". It's strange that these predictions are derived partially from formulations related to dark matter ... especially when we don't fully understand what dark matter is ....