Evidence of Dark Matter Discovered

Stan Hart, NOAO RET
Based on a Solicited Contribution from David Wittman

Related Links

Background information about Dark Matter

Scientists Map Dark Matter, Prove Einstein Right
A good commercial web site with lots of astronomy info. Lots of good links to other topics.
http://space.com/news/cosmic_shear_000512.html

Astronomers Map Dark Matter
Spaceviews is an internet publication dealing with all manner of astronomical info.
http://www.spaceviews.com/2000/05/14a.html

Dark Matter in the Universe
A section in a special edition of Scientific American that deals with dark matter and other topics related to the structure of the universe.
http://www.sciam.com/specialissues/0398cosmos/0398rubin.html

Cosmology Reading List
A web site with lots of connections to broad ranging astronomical topics with a bibliography.
http://www-cfa.harvard.edu/~mwhite/readinglist.html

Dark Matter in the Universe
A website with lots of information about the big bang and the evolution and exploration of the universe. With glossary.
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/Cosmos/CosmosCompHome.html

Ask a High-Energy Astronomer: Cosmology
Imagine the universe website with astronomer's answers to basic questions in a broad range of topics.
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/cosmology.html

More Advanced Information about Dark Matter

NOAO Newsletter Article: Cosmic Shear Surely Seen!
The NOSO Newsletter article upon which this article is based.
http://www.noao.edu/noao/noaonews/jun00/node3.html

HST Cycle 7 Core Science White Paper
A technical paper dealing with the coordination of ground based observing and Hubble cycle 7 to gather data on several fronts including dark matter.
http://archive.stsci.edu/hst/parallels/HSTParallel.html

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