The Universe’s Structure Doesn’t Make Sense
6/22/20261 hr 5 min
This compilation dives into the biggest mysteries in the universe: dark matter and dark energy. Discover the cosmic web holding our universe together, how it's evolving, and what it’s actually made of.
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First 90 secondsAlex McColgan· Host0:00
[gentle music] Despite existing on a small planet in a tiny corner of the cosmos, astronomers know exactly how much visible matter the entire universe should contain. The problem is that for decades, 40% of it has been missing, and I'm not just talking about the ever-mysterious dark matter and dark energy. Galaxy clusters don't seem to have as much visible mass as our models say should be there. Entire galaxies seem to have lost huge reservoirs of the material they were born with. Even the space between galaxies, enormous cosmic deserts, are emptier than our best theories predict. This missing mass has to be out there. That, or all our models of cosmology are wrong. But every time we've looked, we've found nothing, and believe me, we've tried. We've used our most powerful telescopes, deepest surveys, and most sensitive detectors in the search. The missing mass just remains invisible, slipping past our instruments like a ghost. That is, until now. For the first time in history, we may have finally found where the missing mass of all the universe has