Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought 2

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Título
Dark Matter is Darker Than Once Thought 2
Descripción
These galaxy clusters are part of a large study using Chandra and Hubble that sets new limits on how dark matter - the mysterious substance that makes up most of the matter in the Universe - interacts with itself. The hot gas that envelopes the clusters glows brightly in X-rays detected by Chandra (pink). When combined with Hubble's visible light data, astronomers can map where the stars and hot gas are after the collision, as well as the inferred distribution of dark matter (blue) through the effect of gravitational lensing.
Fecha
2002
Medio
Fotografía digital
Identificador
https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2015/dark/
Autoría
Chandra X-ray observatory
Materia
Estrellas
Editor
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Conjuntos de fichas
Galaxias y estrellas
Medios
Flickr