Gallery: Science Is Closing in on Dark Matter, But Beware the Hype

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    The Hubble Space Telescope
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    The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, aboard the International Space Station.
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    The Chandra Space Telescope
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    The Large Hadron Collider
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    Victor Blanco 4-m Telescope
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    The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope-Large Area Telescope
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