Calculated How Much Space All Matter in the Universe Takes Up

The universe as most people know from science books and documentaries and is made up of matter and dark matter. Unfortunately, this information is actually not entirely correct. Apart from these two types of matter, there is another unknown type of matter in the universe, dark energy.

For many years, scientists and astrophysicists have been researching nonstop to calculate how much space this dark energy occupies in the universe. A series of scientific articles published recently show that the universe has been mapped (albeit roughly).

Dark energy covers more than half of the universe

map on the left: Data taken with the South Pole Telescope

Map on the right: Data collected by Dark Energy Research

White areas: Where matter and dark matter reside

Let’s start with what dark energy is. As you know, there are two types of matter currently known, the matter that makes up everything we see around us, and the dark matter, which has gravity but which we cannot see, which is proven by the laws of physics. Dark energy, on the other hand, is not included in either of these two types of matter and although it is known and proven to exist at the moment. a new kind of substance that is unknown exactly what it is is described as.

Here, scientists did a research to find out exactly the space this new type of matter occupies in the universe. “Dark Energy ResearchVarious photons and wavelengths of light obtained in this study, called ” combined with microwave beams. Then, known data of matter and dark matter were extracted from the obtained data, and the map you see above emerged.

According to the estimated calculations, this dark energy is the universe’s It covers 68%. In fact, we can say almost the entire universe. Because (according to CERN data) matter is only while covering 5% dark matter of the universe It covers 27%. According to astrophysicists, dark energy is in fact, it is the actual “thing” that causes the universe to expand continuously.

So what will this research do?

Of course, you naturally think of the benefits of this research. To put it simply, this is what scientists have learned, including the workings and growth of the universe and even the formation of planets. They may be wrong about many things. and this dark energy is the source of many theories and scientific evidence, from the emergence of planets to the formation of the universe. to be reassessed and it can lead to great success in research that does not make progress.

In short, this dark energy can make you question everything you know or think you know about the universe.

Timothy MC Abbot, Yasuhiro Omori And C. Chang In addition, 3 detailed articles were published about the research prepared under his leadership.