Ordinary and dark matter in MACS J0025.4-1222

This video reveals the size and extent of matter distribution in galaxy cluster MACS J0025. Both the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA?s Chandra X-ray Observatory were needed to create this map of ordinary matter (shown in pink) and dark matter (highlighted in blue).

Credit:
ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen).

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Release date:27 August 2008, 16:00
Related releases:heic0818
Duration:20 s
Frame rate:30 fps

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