One of the recently discovered components of clusters of galaxies that may have some bearing on the dark matter problem is:
A) large numbers of cool, dark, brown dwarf stars, previously unknown, in the galaxies.
B) X-ray measurements of substantial amounts of very hot intergalactic gas in clusters.
C) a tremendous flux of neutrinos, which have recently been shown to have mass, coming from these clusters.
D) large numbers of small but massive black holes within every galaxy.
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