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Compass Image for MACS J1206

Galaxy Cluster MACS J1206 with compass and scale
  • Release Date
    September 10, 2020
  • Science Release
    Hubble Observations Suggest a Missing Ingredient in Dark Matter Theories
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  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, P. Natarajan (Yale University), G. Caminha (University of Groningen), M. Meneghetti (INAF—Observatory of Astrophysics and Space Science of Bologna), and the CLASH-VLT/Zooming teams Acknowledgement: NASA, ESA, M. Postman (STScI), and the CLASH team

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Galaxy Cluster MACS J1206 with call-outs

MACS J1206

Galaxy Cluster Reveals Stronger Concentration of Dark Matter than Predicted This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1206. Embedded within the cluster are the distorted images of distant background galaxies, seen as arcs and smeared features....

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Mar 28, 2025
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