Enough of a small thing still weighs a lot

When you see pictures of galaxy clusters you see all that matter in the those galaxies and the starts in those galaxies. However, about TWO THIRDS of the actual matter in those clusters is actually in hydrogen atoms located between the stars and galaxies. This does not count all the dark matter which we also know exists.

(The Great Courses – Dark Matter, Dark Energy)

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