Friday, October 17, 2008

Dark Matter

Nearly 50 years ago, Fritz Zwicky realized that clusters of galaxies consisted predominantly of matter in some nonluminous form. The search for dark matter has dominated cosmology for half a century. Precise measurements were obtained over 20 years ago, when dark matter was first mapped in galaxy halos. Only recently has the existence of dark matter over much larger scales than even galaxy clusters been confirmed.

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