The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM
(2022)
Journal Article
Sawala, T., Cautun, M., Frenk, C., Helly, J., Jasche, J., Jenkins, A., Johansson, P. H., Lavaux, G., McAlpine, S., & Schaller, M. (2023). The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM. Nature Astronomy, 7(4), 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01856-z
The Milky Way is surrounded by 11 ‘classical’ satellite galaxies in a remarkable configuration: a thin plane that is possibly rotationally supported. Such a structure is thought to be highly unlikely to arise in the standard (ΛCDM) cosmological model... Read More about The Milky Way’s plane of satellites is consistent with ΛCDM.