'Dark core' may not be so dark after all: Scientists report new dark matter finding from merging galaxy cluster
Thursday, November 29, 2012 - 13:02
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—Astronomers were puzzled earlier this year when NASA's Hubble Space Telescope spotted an overabundance of dark matter in the heart of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 520. This observation was surprising because dark matter and galaxies should be anchored together, even during a collision between galaxy clusters.