<ul><li>Scientists at the University of Alabama-Huntsville have developed a technique to use pulsars to map the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way Galaxy.</li><li>Pulsars, rapidly spinning compressed stellar cores, can help in dark matter mapping by revealing the wobble effect of the galaxy induced by interactions with dwarf galaxies like the Large Magellanic Cloud.</li><li>The different tugs of gravity caused by the distribution of dark matter affect the spindown rates of pulsars, which allows scientists to infer the density and distribution of dark matter in the galaxy.</li><li>By incorporating more data from individual pulsars, scientists expect to achieve a more accurate understanding of the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way.</li></ul>

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