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[โ€“] btaf45@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

We can indirectly detect dark matter thru gravitational lensing. That is how NASA created this map showing the actual locations of dark matter in tinted blue.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubbles-dark-matter-map/

[โ€“] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago

That's a cool one!