Astronomers Locate Half of the Universe's Missing Ordinary Matter
TL;DR
Scientists have used fast radio bursts to directly detect and account for all the missing ordinary matter in the universe, revealing that most of it resides in the space between galaxies, which confirms predictions from cosmological models and enhances our understanding of galaxy formation and fundamental particles like neutrinos.
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