Last reservoir of ordinary matter discovered

By Joseph Scalise | 14 hours ago

A team of international scientists have found the last batch of ordinary matter hiding out in the universe, a new study in the journal Nature reports.

Ordinary matter -- also known as "baryons" -- makes up all physical objects in existence. However, though astronomers have long know that, they have only been able to track down roughly two-thirds of the amount physicists predicted was created by the Big Bang.

For the new research, scientists discovered the last missing third in the space between galaxies. Research shows it exists as filaments of oxygen gas that sit at temperatures of roughly 1,800,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

This discovery is extremely important for the field of astrophysics because it could create a much better picture of how the universe first came about.

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