This Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a ghostly "ring" of dark matter in the galaxy cluster Cl 0024+17 in this stunning space wallpaper.

In other words, when we observe that galaxy, we are observing the universe as it was just 880 million years after the Big Bang, around 13 billion years ago. The universe is thought to be nearly 14 ...

Dark matter warps galaxy clusters more than expected, ... this anomaly looks like the object is encircled by multiple images of the same background light source. You May Also Like. SCIENCE.

This story was updated at 9:32 a.m. EDT on July 5. A giant string of invisible dark matter has been discovered across the universe between a pair of galaxy clusters. The filament forms a bridge ...

Map of galaxy clusters Abell 222 and 223, with a filiment of dark matter connecting them. The contours and the blue color represent the distribution of mass, as determined by weak lensing.

Subtle distortions hidden in ALMA's stunning image of the gravitational lens SDP.81 are telltale signs that a dwarf dark galaxy is lurking in the halo of a much larger galaxy nearly 4 billion ...

Scientists working on the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (CDMS), ... Dark Matter Particles and Dark Galaxy. April 7, 2017 December 23, 2009 by Brian Wang. 1. ... The detectors are place half a mile down ...

Using 127,000 galaxies whose distances were measured as part of the largest galaxy survey so far, researchers have determined that on scales of millions of light-years, dark matter is distributed ...