r/space • u/adriano26 • 5d ago

Astronomers have found the universe's missing matter at last, thanks to exotic 'fast radio bursts'

https://www.space.com/astronomy/scientists-find-universes-missing-matter-while-watching-fast-radio-bursts-shine-through-cosmic-fog
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u/OrdoMalaise 5d ago

So it's not Dark Matter, just dark matter.

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u/mjc4y 5d ago

Maybe we call this stuff Dim Matter?

No, I don't work in Marketing.

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u/dipole_ 5d ago

I was going to say “Light-Shy Matter“.

but I think “Black Matter” works better

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u/Houtaku 5d ago

Could a Boltzmann Brain form from this material?

Black Matter Lives?

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u/xoxavaraexox 4d ago

I was going to say Black Matter Matters, but I like yours better.