A research team relies on measuring the number of galaxy members to determine the mass of galaxy clusters. One of the most pressing questions in cosmology is, “How much matter exists in the universe?” An international team of scientists has now succeeded in measuring the total amount of matter fo
Chiba, Japan (SPX) Sep 15, 2023 - Cosmologists believe that only about 20% of the total matter is made of regular or baryonic matter, which includes stars, galaxies, atoms, and life, explains first author Dr. Mohamed Abdullah, a
Cosmologists have long speculated that only around 20 percent of the universe s matter is composed of what they term baryonic matter, encompassing the familiar entities of stars, galaxies, atoms, and life as we know it. The remaining 80 percent has remained an enigma, believed to be composed of dark matter