What Is the Universe Made Of?
Wednesday, December 2, 2015 - 13:56
in Astronomy & Space
Matter known as ordinary corresponds to only 5% of the Universe. Numerical simulations made it possible to predict that the rest of this ordinary matter should be located in the large-scale structures that form the "cosmic web". A team led by the University of Geneva observed this phenomenon. The research shows that the majority of the missing ordinary matter is found in the form of a very hot gas associated with intergalactic filaments.