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submitted 2 years ago by saint@group.lt to c/astronomy@mander.xyz

Heh

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[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We can indirectly detect dark matter thru gravitational lensing. That is how NASA created this map showing the actual locations of dark matter in tinted blue.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubbles-dark-matter-map/

[-] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

That's a cool one!

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