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The Rubin Observatory in Chile has the largest camera ever built – and is set to find objects never before seen by human eyes.
Dark matter doesn’t seem to interact with the matter we can see and touch, so scientists look for it in unusual places, like faraway galaxies and underground detectors.
Normal matter – which makes up everything we see and touch – isn’t the only type of matter present in the universe.
Vera C. Rubin’s research into stars in galaxies led to the modern understanding of dark matter.
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture enough detail to see a golf ball from 25km away.
A comparison of star-forming galaxies suggests, surprisingly, that dark matter and visible matter do interact – taking us closer to understanding what keeps the galaxies together.
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