Dark matter clumps in galaxy clusters bend light surprisingly well

Not only is the mysterious substance invisible, but it’s also not all where we thought it was

MACSJ1206.2-0847 galaxy cluster

Observations of 11 galaxy clusters, such as MACSJ1206.2-0847 (shown), reveal that some globs of dark matter in these clusters are denser than expected.

Hubble/ESA and NASA

Dark matter just got even more puzzling.