HUBBLE ATLAS

Deep fields & lensing

Ordinary and dark matter in MACS J0025.4-1222

August 27, 2008 · ESA/Hubble

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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).