Fast Radio Bursts Reveal Where The Universes Missing Matter . . . According to the team's reckoning, most of the normal matter in the Universe is hanging out in the void as part of the intergalactic medium, mostly as hydrogen gas – around 76 percent Another 15 percent of the matter is in the dark matter haloes that envelop galaxies and galaxy clusters The remainder is what makes up galaxies themselves
Astronomers have found the home address for the universes . . . The results were clear: Approximately 76% of the universe's baryonic matter lies in the IGM About 15% resides in galaxy halos, and a small fraction is burrowed in stars or amid cold galactic gas
Missing Matter in Universe Found - www. caltech. edu The vast majority of matter in the universe is dark—it is entirely invisible and detected only through its gravitational effects Ordinary matter—everything from protons to planets to people—makes up only 16 percent Unlike dark matter, ordinary matter emits light of various wavelengths and thus can be seen
“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter The mission is also digging deep into the nature of dark matter and energy – neither of which have ever been observed, despite accounting for a whopping 95% of the Universe – and working with other dark Universe detectives to solve some of the biggest and longest-standing cosmic mysteries