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Yeah but all the elemental matter in the universe is like three dust specks floating in a lecture hall. You can ask about the dust specks or the lecture hall in
by rriepe 7y ago
Yeah but all the elemental matter in the universe is like three dust specks floating in a lecture hall. You can ask about the dust specks or the lecture hall interchangeably.
- frutiger 7y agoThis is a common misconception. Intergalactic space is filled with about half of the matter in the universe. See: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm–hot_intergalactic_medium https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warm–hot_intergalactic_mediu... As to your original point though, there doesn’t appear to be too many elements here apart from ionized hydrogen and hydrogen.
- rriepe 7y agoGreat point. I almost missed this. It really seems like there should be another separation in the article I linked, between "Universe" and "Milky Way."