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Astronomers: Dark, normal matter forced apart in massive collision

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies, providing the strongest support yet for the existence of dark matter — the mysterious stuff said to comprise most of the universe yet only so far inferred based on its gravitational effect.

Filed under Research, Sciences, Astronomy on Monday, August 21, 2006.