List of Galaxy Clusters - Clusters Exhibiting Strong Evidence of Dark Matter

Clusters Exhibiting Strong Evidence of Dark Matter

Galaxy cluster Notes
Bullet Cluster This collision between two galaxy clusters seems to have left a dark matter cluster in the space between them.
Abell 520 This is actually a collision between two galaxy clusters. The galaxies and the dark matter seems to have separated out into separate dark and light cores.
Abell 2142 A collision between two massive, X-ray luminous galaxy clusters.
Cl 0024+17
(ClG 0024+16, ZwCl 0024+1652)
This is a recently coalesced merger of galaxy clusters, which has resulted in a ring of dark matter around the galaxies, yet to be redistributed.

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