Hubble Makes Unexpected Dark Matter Discovery

Astronomers seem to have revealed a puzzling detail in the way dark matter behaves.
They found small, dense concentrations of dark matter that bend and magnify light much more strongly than expected.

Read more: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/hubble-observations-suggest-a-missing-ingredient-in-dark-matter-theories

Video credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris (USRA): Lead Producer
Cassandra Morris: Voice over Talent

Visualizations and Additional Footage:
ESA/Hubble — Gravitational Lensing Animation
ESA/Hubble — Gravitational Lensing Simplified Visualization
R. Wesson/ESO — Very Large Telescope Footage

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“On the Path” by Bernhard Hering [GEMA] and Matthias Kruger [GEMA] via Berlin Production Music/Universal Production Music GmbH [GEMA]

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