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English: This image shows the Bullet Cluster. The white lines trace the gravitational potential, the pink clouds show hot X-ray emitting gas, the full color dots are galaxies and some foreground stars, the blue is the inferred dark matter distribution.
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Based on Clowe et al. 2006.[1]

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  1. Clowe, Douglas (2006-09-10). "A Direct Empirical Proof of the Existence of Dark Matter". The Astrophysical Journal 648 (2): L109–L113. DOI:10.1086/508162. ISSN 0004-637X.

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This image shows the Bullet Cluster. The white lines trace the gravitational potential, the pink clouds show hot X-ray emitting gas, the full color dots are galaxies and some foreground stars, the blue is the inferred dark matter distribution.

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