Dark Matter (IMAGE)

Osaka University

Dark Matter

Caption

Simulation of a network of dark matter filaments in a high-density region of the early universe. Each dense bright spot is a dark matter halo into which gas collapses to form large galaxies and supermassive black holes.

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2015 Kentaro Nagamine, Osaka University

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