BIG SPACE NEWS



Never mind the Higgs Boson, the really BIG science news is our growing ability to “see” invisible dark matter.
Check this out:
My fav science-for-laymen magazine ScienceNews has the article about seeing a huge filament of dark matter connecting two galaxies.
SN has been all over this story for a while.
This kind of news plucks my awe twanger.  I love it.

Pix credit:  July 8, 2012 ScienceNews

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