11 October 2017
Have astronomers found the missing mass in the Universe?
... web. Until about thirty years ago, astronomers thought that the Universe was composed almost entirely of "baryonic matter" – ordinary atoms made up of protons, neutrons and electrons. But, after calculating the density and composition of the...
29 February 2016
Missing matter still lost, as Fast Radio Burst not quite what it seems say researchers
... structure of the cosmic microwave background, the large scale structure of galaxy clusters, along with the distribution of baryonic matter (lighter elements such as hydrogen, helium, lithium and oxygen) in the Universe. One problem with the amount...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... that 95 percent of the Universe is composed of dark energy and dark matter and only around five percent is ‘baryonic matter’ or normal matter, since its constituents are atoms. Baryons make up objects of everyday life, however only 50 percent are...
16 December 2016
Mini-spiral galaxies may transform how dark matter is perceived
...Karukes. "Our observations, however, disagree with this notion." Non-baryonic matter are particles such as electrons or neutrinos, which are classed as leptons. Baryonic matter on the other hand is made up of particles found in an atomic nuclei, such...
22 May 2017
Researchers create largest-ever 3D map of the Universe
... oscillations (BAO), which are regular, periodic fluctuations in the density of the visible baryonic matter (normal matter such as protons and electrons) of the Universe. These oscillations are analogous to sound waves created in air by pressure...
15 March 2016
Are our ideas of Dark Matter wrong?
... particles such as protons and neutrons like normal baryonic matter. It is thought that WIMPs were created in... in a way that will never be able to reveal them. Maybe dark matter is of a different character and needs to be looked for in a different...
