Posted on 07/10/2014 6:57:55 AM PDT by shove_it
There is a "missing light crisis" taking place in the universe with a huge deficit on what there should be and what there actually is, astronomers have said.
In a statement, experts from the Carnegie Institution for Science said "something is amiss in the universe" with 80% of the light missing.
Lead author of the study Juna Kollmeier said: "It's as if you're in a big, brightly-lit room, but you look around and see only a few 40-watt lightbulbs. Where is all that light coming from? It's missing from our census."
Published in Astrophysical Journal Letters, scientists found that the light from galaxies and quasars is not enough to explain observations of intergalactic hydrogen, with a difference of 400%.
Empty space between galaxies are bridged by tendrils of hydrogen and helium that act as a "light metre".
The scientists discovered that when looking at galaxies billions of light years away in the early universe, the amount of light present appears to add up. However, in more localised parts of the universe, the calculations fail massively...
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.co.uk ...
Yes, journalism continues to suck out loud. Good description.
What is being reported: missing light sources.
What they report: missing light.
An intelligent 5th grader would have done it correctly.
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