Flying cars could be one step closer thanks to a study on dark matter and energy conducted by Australian and international scientists.

The researchers were part of an international team that included 400 scientists across six continents.

This Hubble Space Telescope composite image shows a ghostly "ring" of dark matter in the galaxy cluster. Credit:NASA/ESA

The Dark Energy Survey led to the creation of the most accurate map of universe and supported the theory that 26 per cent of the universe was dark matter and energy.

Dark matter has never been observed and researchers only knew what it was not, but the theory of its existence would explain anomalies which have puzzled scientists.