The giant halo of dark matter that surrounds our galaxy is shaped like a flattened beach ball, researchers say. It is the first definitive measure of the scope of the dark matter that makes up the ...

But the Milky Way is actually surrounded by a vast halo of invisible dark matter that's shaped like a squashed beach ball. That's according to a new map of our galaxy's dark matter announced at a ...

WASHINGTON ? The Milky Way may look like a giant spiral inspace, but in the world of invisible dark matter our galaxy is shaped like agiant, flattened beach ball, a new study has found.