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What Are Astronomers Doing?
Pulsating star	Using ‘An Old Pocket Watch’ to Trace Dark Matter University of Texas astronomer Don Winget and his colleagues are about to go one step closer to the solution to one of the biggest mysteries in space today: the identity of dark matter. But the problem with dark matter, Don says, is that it’s, well, dark. He's using a unique property of some special white dwarf stars in a new type of dark matter experiment. More »

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National Science Foundation The "NASA Astronomer of the Week" profile is supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under an Education and Public Outreach supplement to Grant/Contract/Agreement No. NAG5-13057 issued through the Office of Space Science.