According to theory, the bulk of the matter in the universe consists of large, dark filaments of gas in the vast empty
space between galaxy clusters.
A pair of papers report some of the best signs yet of hot gas in
the spaces between galaxy clusters, possibly enough to represent the half of all ordinary matter previously unaccounted for.
Not exact matches
After a half - century - long hunt, astronomers think they have finally detected rogue star
clusters that roam the vast dark
spaces between galaxies.
The gravity of a
galaxy cluster between Earth and PS1 - 10afx could warp
space - time and, in effect, focus the supernova's light towards Earth.
They focused on the hot, 10 - million - degree gas that fills the
spaces between galaxies and found the spectroscopic signature of iron reaching all the way to the
cluster's edges.
The intergalactic medium — the
space between galaxies and
clusters of
galaxies — is not entirely empty.
It appears to be lurking in
spaces between clusters of
galaxies.