The dark side of distortion

Max Tegmark ()
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Max Tegmark: University of Pennsylvania

Nature, 2000, vol. 405, issue 6783, 133-134

Abstract: Einstein told us that gravity could bend light. Astronomers now use an effect known as gravitational lensing to observe images of galaxies distorted by dark matter. Such images can be used to estimate the amount of dark matter in the Universe.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35012190

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