An international team co-led by UCL researchers has estimated the distribution of matter in the universe and found that it supports the standard model of cosmology – much to the team’s surprise. The Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) observed large parts of the southern sky over eight years to gain insights into the distribution of matter in the universe. The final data set, “KiDS-Legacy”, has now been published. Previous KiDS analyses had cast doubt on the standard model of cosmology. The data had