What is this 'missing matter' of the Universe that has been found?
France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 has mapped one of the famous galactic winds for the first time and, with it, the formation of a nebula simultaneously emitting and absorbing magnesium, some of the Universe's missing baryons
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France's National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) has announced that a team of researchers has succeeded in mapping for the first time a galactic wind promoting the exchange of matter between a galaxy and a nebula. This discovery has facilitated part of the "missing matter" of the Universe to be detected, something which could not be observed until now.
An international research team, led on the French side by the CNRS and the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, has mapped one of these famous galactic winds for the first time and, with it, the formation of a nebula simultaneously emitting and absorbing magnesium, some of the Universe's missing baryons.
This technological feat was made possible by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE), a wide field 3D spectrograph in operation on the European Southern Observatory (ESO) Very Large Telescope in northern Chile. This unique observation allows us to understand where a missing part of the Universe's matter is located, with the hope of being able to quickly observe other forms.
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September 17, 21 04:31:09 PM IST