ElasticCollision Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Astronomers claim to have discovered a giant cloud of gas surrounding the milky way, which is essentially invisible and was only seen by X-ray light being absorbed by charged oxygen atoms around the milky way. They claim that most galaxies could be surrounded by this "invisible" gas cloud. If this does answer the missing baryon problem, then does this mean dark matter can be entirely forgotten about? The article: http://www.space.com/17734-milky-way-galaxy-giant-gas-halo.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbrush Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 See the discussion in http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/69278-chandra-shows-milky-way-is-surrounded-by-halo-of-hot-gas/ But that invisible gas does not add up to 5.25 times as much matter as visible matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElasticCollision Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 See the discussion in http://www.sciencefo...alo-of-hot-gas/ But that invisible gas does not add up to 5.25 times as much matter as visible matter. Thank you very much, I wish I'd seen this before I had posted my question. I feel like mine is now taking up unnecessary space and needs deleting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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