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Article: Chandra probes nature of dark matter.
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- September 6, 2001
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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 September 2001-NASA: Chandra probes nature of dark matter (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Scientists have precisely determined the distribution of dark matter in a distant galaxy cluster with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. These new measurements serve to narrow the field of candidates that explain "dark matter," the invisible and unknown material that comprises most the Universe.
John Arabadjis and Mark Bautz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and Gordon Garmire of Penn State University in University Park, announced their results today at the "Two Years of Science with Chandra" symposium in ...