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Alexander Kashlinsky

NASA Goddard astrophysicist who led the 2008 analysis of WMAP data reporting a coherent 'dark flow' motion of distant galaxy clusters, a claim later data releases have not confirmed at the originally reported strength.

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  • "Dark Flow" Claim

    Alexander Kashlinsky discovered "Dark Flow" Claim — Kashlinsky's team reported the coherent cluster motion in a 2008 analysis of WMAP data.

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What Is the 'Dark Flow', and Is It Evidence of Another Universe?

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