Image from the James Webb Space Telescope of the inner region of the Bullet Cluster: (IMAGE)

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Image from the James Webb Space Telescope of the inner region of the Bullet Cluster:

Caption

Pink shows the hot gas, the distribution of dark matter is shown in blue. According to the new study, neutron stars and black holes would explain the gravitational lensing effect.

Credit

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, CXC; Science: James Jee (Yonsei University, UC Davis), Sangjun Cha (Yonsei University), Kyle Finner (Caltech/IPAC)

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