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Intergalactic gas

16. September 2024

Eyeballing the Hidden Visible Matter in the Universe

Apart from inconceivable amounts of dark energy and dark matter, the rest of our universe—only around 4 %—is filled with normal matter, so called baryons. Surprisingly, only a small fraction of that normal matter can be observed through starlight emitted by galaxies.

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credits ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel