A thorough examination of the shape of dark matter's distribution in the cosmos may open up a new way to explore the nature of this enigmatic matter. Provided by the Subaru Telescope Facility ...

Charles E. McCulloch, John M. Neuhaus, Misspecifying the Shape of a Random Effects Distribution: Why Getting It Wrong May Not Matter, Statistical Science, Vol. 26, No. 3 (August 2011), pp. 388-402 ...

With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a real-life version from carbon fibre and tungsten ...