Cluster Lensing And Supernova Survey with Hubble (CLASH) (IMAGE)

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Cluster Lensing And Supernova Survey with Hubble (CLASH)

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The multi-wavelength survey, called the Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH), probes, with unparalleled precision, the distribution of dark matter in 25 massive clusters of galaxies. Observations of this galaxy cluster, MACS J1206.2-0847, or MACS 1206 for short, will allow astronomers to construct the most detailed dark matter maps of more galaxy clusters than ever before. MACS 1206 lies 4 billion light-years from Earth. Hubble’s keen vision helped CLASH astronomers uncover 47 multiple images of 12 newly identified faraway galaxies.

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Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Postman (STScI), and the CLASH Team

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