White dwarfs and dark matter.

@article{Gibson2001WhiteDA,
  title={White dwarfs and dark matter.},
  author={Brad K. Gibson and Chris Flynn},
  journal={Science},
  year={2001},
  volume={292 5525},
  pages={
          2211
        }
}
Based on the identification of 38 white dwarfs with halo kinematics, in a survey covering 10% of the sky near the south galactic pole, Oppenheimer et al. ([1][1]) argued that at least 2% of the dark matter in the Milky Way galaxy has now been detected directly. Put into context, the Oppenheimer et 
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