Mysterious fast radio bursts illuminate ‘missing’ cosmic matter | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/16/science/fast-radio-bursts-missing-matter

This is not a about #darkmatter, the 85% of the universe's total matter. Rather, this is about confirming that a great deal of ORDINARY matter is spread thinly as gas in the spaces around and between galaxies. Fast radio burst signals have been used to provide evidence that this is, in fact, the case.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02566-y

#MissingBaryons #FastRadioBursts #Astronomy

Mysterious fast radio bursts help astronomers pinpoint cosmic ‘missing’ matter

Bright flashes of enigmatic radio waves have helped illuminate some of the missing matter in the universe, astronomers say in a new study.

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