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Durham University

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In 2007, astronomers produced the first detailed map of the hidden dark matter of the COSMOS field. By measuring how gravity from unseen matter bends the light of background galaxies, the map shows how dark matter is distributed and acts as the hidden framework on which visible galaxies are built.

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NASA, ESA and R Massey (California Institute of Technology).

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