Abell 1689 (IMAGE)

Yale University

Abell 1689

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The massive gravitational force of the dark matter (shown in blue) in giant galaxy cluster Abell 1689 bends the light from distant background galaxies, giving astronomers clues to the nature of dark energy.

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NASA, ESA, Eric Jullo/JPL, Priyamvada Natarajan/Yale, Jean-Paul Kneib/Université de Provence

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