“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter Astronomers discover vast filament of ‘missing’ matter Open Image Konstantinos and colleagues characterised the filament by combining X-ray observations from XMM-Newton and Suzaku, and digging into optical data from several others The two X-ray telescopes were ideal partners
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
“The models were right”: astronomers find ‘missing’ matter The filament is made up of hot intergalactic gas (shown in mottled black-yellow), a type of ‘ordinary matter’ that has proven really difficult for astronomers to find “For the first time, our results closely match what we see in our leading model of the cosmos – something that’s not happened before,” says lead researcher
Astronomers say theyve found many of the universes . . . - AAAS If you get frustrated when you can't find your keys, imagine how astronomers feel For years they've been unable to locate roughly half the atoms they think the universe must contain Now, researchers have tracked down a lot of that missing matter using radiation from the early universe that acts a bit like a laser illuminating billowing smoke