Dark matter is the thread connecting galaxy clusters

arabianights

anyone read this article about latest relevation about dark matter?

any thoughts?

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/...laxy-clusters/

Naty1

I skimmed the article and it seems like a confirmation of what has been expected....a legitimate discussion. I believe such findings have been made by other teams but I am NOT current.

You can read some additional background on dark matter gravitational lensing and filaments here which is consistent with the discussion in your article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physica...cale_structure

and especially here which discusses different experimental techniques...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_ma...tional_lensing

twofish-quant

It looks pretty standard. The big thing about results like these is that they put more and more nails in the coffin of anything that isn't dark matter.

SpaceTiger

More discussion of this result:

http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=619641