Astro-image of the day: dark matter galactic ring

[mckitterick]

This is so cool: The ring within this huge cluster of galaxies reveals the action of dark matter on real matter. Very SFnal:

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Best,
Chris

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Oh, now that's awesome.

My son is a Physics major and has been telling me about dark matter.

It's cool to actually see it here.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I know! I think this might be the first photographic evidence of it.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

"shedding new dark on the subject." *g*

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Ba-da-boom, tsch!