... Cosmic Ripples Implicate Dark Universe . ... The cosmic microwave background radiation emanating from the universe could only have the above fuzzy pattern if it contained clear amounts of dark matter and dark energy. The Very Large Array of Radio Telescopes . ... The Pipe Dark Nebula . ... The dark clouds, suggestively shaped like smoke rising from a pipe, are caused by absorption of background starlight by dust. ... Moon and Planets by the Eiffel Tower . ... The Galactic Center Radio Arc . ...