Higgs, meet dark matter
Dark-matter filaments, such as the one bridging the galaxy clusters Abell 222 and Abell 223, are predicted to contain more than half of all matter in the Universe. Jörg Dietrich, University of Michigan/University Observatory Munich
Dark Matter’s tendrils revealed, in Nature.
“In the same week that the detection of the Higgs boson was announced, there was an announcement in Nature that was equally awesome. On the other end of the astronomical scale, the first direct observation of dark matter and its role in the structure of the universe.” Thanks to Butch for the alert.