New analyses shine light on dark matter and intergalactic mass in unprecedented detail

New analyses shine light on dark matter and intergalactic mass in unprecedented detail

Berkeley Lab researchers have developed new ways to map the distribution patterns of dark matter and intergalactic mass in unprecedented detail, using a combined data analysis of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and the largest 3-D galaxy map to date released last year by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI). Their findings are being announced in a series of new studies that are changing our current understanding of the history of the Universe and the properties of intergalactic matter, as well as how its distribution is affected by the supermassive black holes typically found at the center of galaxies.

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