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First 3D Map of the Universe's Dark Matter

3D distribution of dark matter in the Universe.
Image source: NASA / ESA / R. Massey (California Institute of Technology)

By analysing the COSMOS survey – the largest ever survey undertaken with Hubble – an international team of scientists has assembled a three-dimensional map that offers a first look at the web-like large-scale distribution of dark matter in the Universe. This historic achievement, one of the most important results in cosmology, accurately confirms standard theories of structure formation.

An international team of astronomers led by Richard Massey of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA, has made a three-dimensional map that offers a first look at the web-like large-scale distribution of dark matter in the Universe in unprecedented detail.

posted by Fergie @ 1/07/2007 10:46:00 AM