Penn Researchers Create Largest Map Yet Of Dark Matter In The Cosmos
Members of the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of maps that show the concentration of dark matter in the cosmos. The images will improve researchers’ understanding of dark matter’s role in the formation of galaxies, and enable scientists to probe the nature of dark energy. The two-year long effort was centered in the research group of Bhuvnesh Jain, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Chair in the Natural Sciences in the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Penn Arts and Sciences.
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