“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter Astronomers have discovered a huge filament of hot gas bridging four galaxy clusters At 10 times as massive as our galaxy, the thread could contain some of the Universe’s ‘missing’ matter, addressing a decades-long mystery
The models were right! Astronomers locate universes . . . "The 'missing' matter may truly be lurking in hard-to-see threads woven across the universe " Astronomers have discovered a vast tendril of hot gas linking four galaxy clusters and stretching out
Astronomers Uncover a Massive Shaft of Missing Matter Another clue about the whereabouts of the missing matter in the Universe has just emerged from amid the largest local cosmic structure X-ray observations have revealed a massive filament of hot gas, measuring some 23 million light-years in length, in the space between four sub-clusters of galaxies in the enormous, 8,000-galaxy strong Shapley
Astronomers locate universes missing matter | Reuters Astronomers locate universe's 'missing' matter By Will Dunham June 16, 2025 4:52 PM UTC 39 of which were discovered using a network of 110 telescopes located at Caltech's Owens Valley Radio
Vast Filament of Hidden Matter Seen for the First Time Cosmological models predict that the missing matter can be found in long filaments that extend between matter densities Astronomers have spotted these filaments, but not with clarity
A New GPS for the Intergalactic Medium: Astronomers Have . . . Cambridge, MA— A new landmark study has pinpointed the location of the Universe's "missing" matter, and detected the most distant fast radio burst (FRB) on record Using FRBs as a guide, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard Smithsonian (CfA) and Caltech have shown that more than three-quarters of the Universe's ordinary matter has been hiding in the thin gas between