Dark matter and the Bullet Cluster

[mmcirvin]

John Baez explains the evidence for dark matter provided by a remarkable object called the "Bullet Cluster": two clusters of galaxies collide and the hot gas is slowed down, but an invisible component detectable by gravitational lensing just keeps on going.

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[kerri9494.livejournal.com]

I wackyparsed that as Joan Baez, and wondered if there's really a side to her we never knew.

[mmcirvin.livejournal.com]

As I just mentioned elsewhere, Joan Baez and John Baez are in fact cousins. Joan's father Albert Baez was also a physicist, and John is sometimes confused with him as well.

[avitzur.livejournal.com]

Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance has another wonderful explanation at http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/08/21/dark-matter-exists/