Most Detailed Dark Matter Map Created? See Yale Astrophysicists' Study Details Here!
Yale astrophysicists created one of the highly specific maps of dark matter ever that presented a comprehensive case to the existence of cold dark matter. They utilized details from the high-resolution 3D visualization of Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields.
The detailed visual images considered all the masses of dark matter that the data provide. It also functions as a universal inventory for the allocation of dark matter within the universe.
According to Daily Mail, the new research was conducted by Yale astrophysicists. It's based on data from a trio of galaxy groups that operate as a worldwide magnifying glass known as gravitational lensing into the faraway universe.
Dark matter is invisible since it never reveals or absorbs light. However, it’s believed that these fragments are capable of exerting gravity.
Furthermore, the undetected cluster from dark matter is regarded to be responsible for gravitational lensing through bending the light from distant galaxies.
The galaxies seemed to have a deformed shape when watched through the lens thus the researchers interpreted these disfigurements. Astrophysicists produced one of the ever made highest-resolution maps of dark matter utilizing the Hubble details.
"With the data of these three lensing clusters, we have successfully mapped the granularity of dark matter within the clusters in exquisite detail," Priyamvada Natarajan, Yale astrophysicist said.
The researchers mapped all the masses of dark matter from the data. They formed the most comprehensive topological map of the dark matter landscape. In addition, the team used techniques known as the Illustris suite, which imitates a structured format in the universe based on the approved theory.
According to
EurekAlert, the map is almost similar to the computer simulations of dark matter abstractly illustrated by the cold dark matter model. The cold dark matter moves slowly like the speed of light, whereas the hot dark matter migrates faster.
The model is standard, and it's remarkable though all the proofs for the dark matter are indirect, researchers noted. The study's findings were published Tuesday, Feb. 28 in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Read also other space's story here.