Dark matter mapped in 3D by Hubble

“Dark matter can’t be spotted directly because it doesn’t interact with electromagnetic radiation (i.e. it doesn’t emit any radiation and reflects no light). However, its gravitational influence on space-time can bend light from its otherwise straight path (a phenomenon known as ‘lensing’).

Using a sophisticated algorithm to scan a comprehensive Hubble Space Telescope survey of the cosmos, astronomers have plotted a map of ‘weak lensing’ events.

Combining this with red shift measurements from ground-based observatories, they’ve produced a strikingly colorful 3D map of the structure of dark matter.”

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