Astronomers Locate 'Missing' Matter in Cosmic Web
TL;DR
Astronomers using XMM-Newton and Suzaku telescopes discovered a massive filament of hot gas connecting four galaxy clusters, potentially containing some of the universe's 'missing' matter, and confirming predictions of the cosmic web structure.
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- 'The models were right': Astronomers find 'missing' matter linking four galaxy clusters Phys.org
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- Missing Matter in Universe Found Caltech
- A long-standing puzzle of ‘missing’ ordinary matter in the universe may be solved, astronomers say CNN
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