SIC News | Chilean researchers invent a new method to "see" galaxies A computer algorithm developed by a team of astronomers and computer engineers discovered "swarms" of less bright and distant galaxies.

A team of Chilean researchers has created a way to see sets of galaxies that have gone unnoticed up until now.

"Clusters of galaxies are clusters of dark matter, different from matter made up of atoms, and their presence can only be detected by the gravitational effect it causes."

"We have discovered swarms with less bright and distant galaxies," said Luis Campusano, team leader and researcher at the Center for Excellence in Astrophysics and Related Technologies.

The study was published Friday in the journal The Astrophysical Journal and by research In the present work, a swarm was discovered in a database of 200,000 galaxies using a single geometric method.

Lusa