baryonic matter
High Velocity Clouds Comprise Less of the Milky Way’s Mass Than We Thought
A survey of high velocity clouds in the galactic halo of the Milky Way finds that they make up less…
“Seeing” the Dark Matter Web That Surrounds the Coma Cluster
According to our predominant cosmological models, Dark Matter makes up the majority of mass in the Universe (roughly 85%). While…
Astronomers Used a Fast Radio Burst to Probe the Structure of the Milky Way
Astronomers from Caltech used a Fast Radio Burst (FRB) from another galaxy to probe the distribution of matter in the…
Galaxies Have Been Found With no Dark Matter at all
According to new research led by Dutch astronomers, there may be lots of galaxies in the Universe that have no…
A Particle Physics Experiment Might Have Directly Observed Dark Energy
In a new study, a team of researchers proposed that Dark Matter detectors could also search for the elusive force…
A New Technique to Find Cold Gas Streams That Might Make up the Missing (Normal) Matter in the Universe
Where is all the missing matter? That question has plagued astronomers for decades, because the Universe looks emptier than it…
The Universe’s Missing Matter. Found!
Thanks to a recent study by an international team of scientists, the remaining missing normal matter of the Universe may…
Astronomers Find the Missing Normal Matter in the Universe, Still Looking for Dark Matter, Though
Two new studies, independently of each other, have managed to fins some of the "missing matter" contained within the Cosmic…
Dark Energy Illuminated By Largest Galactic Map Ten Years In The Making
After a decade of research, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey has released the most detailed 3D map of the Universe…