Astronomers finally find the universe’s ‘missing matter’

Ordinary matter, or ‘baryons’, make up all physical objects in existence, from stars to the cores of black holes

New Horizons Update: Pluto found to spray paint largest moon red

“Who would have thought that Pluto is a graffiti artist?”

Massive holes ‘punched’ in star trail likely caused by dark matter

The discovery of two massive holes in a stream of stars could help answer questions about the nature of the elusive material

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If the universe is finite, what would we see at the ‘edge’?

Can we see the edge of the universe and, if so, what’s there?

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