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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

We can indirectly detect dark matter thru gravitational lensing. That is how NASA created this map showing the actual locations of dark matter in tinted blue.

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubbles-dark-matter-map/

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's a cool one!