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Vast Web of Dark Matter Mapped

Posted by Soulskill on from the here-there-be-dragons dept.

astroengine writes "Astronomers from the University of British Columbia and University of Edinburgh have created a vast cosmic map revealing an intricate web of dark matter and galaxies spanning a distance of one billion light-years. This is the largest map of its kind and demonstrates that this large-scale web stretches across the universe in all directions. The results of this groundbreaking discovery were presented at the American Astronomical Society conference in Austin, Texas on Monday."

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  1. Re:What are the odds... by ae1294 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the dark matter is not really matter at all but dark space fabric with different rules and demons and shit.