Unveiling the Universe’s Missing Matter: A Breakthrough Using Fast Radio Bursts
Unveiling the Universe’s Missing Matter: A Breakthrough Using Fast Radio Bursts A significant discovery in cosmology has pinpointed the location of the universe’s “missing” baryonic matter. Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and the California Institute of Technology, publishing their findings in Nature Astronomy, have revealed that over three-quarters of ordinary matter resides in the diffuse gas filaments between galaxies. For years, astronomers have grappled with the “missing baryon problem,” a significant discrepancy between the…