A Large Part of the Universe Has Been Missing — and Scientists Think They’ve Found It

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Fast radio bursts reveal where most baryonic matter hides

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One of astronomy’s longest-running accounting problems survived because knowing that something should exist is very different from knowing where to look. Previous clues pointed in a promising direction, but a complete observational picture remained elusive.

Researchers have now turned an unusual natural signal into a tool for examining otherwise invisible regions. The resulting map changes how scientists understand the material connecting galaxies across the cosmos.