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No, because only about 10% of normal (baryonic) matter is actually in the form of stars. The rest is mostly in the form of hot, dilute gas in intergalactic spac
by Keysh 6y ago
No, because only about 10% of normal (baryonic) matter is actually in the form of stars. The rest is mostly in the form of hot, dilute gas in intergalactic space.
The idea that about 5% of the total mass-energy budget of the universe is in the form of baryonic matter is well-determined by cosmological observations (including the relative amounts of hydrogen and helium formed in the Big Bang). It if turns out we've overestimated the amount of baryonic matter in stars by a factor of two, that just means that 95% of the baryons are in the hot intergalactic medium instead of 90%.