Hubblecast 05: Hubble discovers ring of dark matter
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a ghostly ring of dark matter formed long ago during a colossal collision between two galaxy clusters. This is the first time that dark matter has been found with a distribution that differs substantially from the distribution of ordinary matter.
Credit:ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)
Presented by: Dr Joe Liske (Dr J)
Narration: Dr. Robert Fosbury
Design: Martin Kornmesser
Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen, Raquel Yumi Shida
Cinematographer: Peter Rixner (www.perix-media-gmbh.de)
Script: Lars Lindberg Christensen, Ana Lopes
Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen
About the Video
| Id: | heic0709a |
| Release date: | 15 May 2007, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0709 |
| Duration: | 05 m 01 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Category: | Cosmology Hubblecast |
