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Full Idea
The most precise surveys of the stars and galaxies tell us that the universe is made up of 68% dark energy, 27% dark matter, and just 5% regular matter (the stuff of the Standard Model of particle physics).
Gist of Idea
The universe is 68% dark energy, 27% dark matter, 5% regular matter
Source
Gavin Hesketh (The Particle Zoo [2016], 09)
Book Ref
Hesketh,Gavin: 'The Particle Zoo' [Quercus 2016], p.232
A Reaction
Regular matter - that's me, that is.
16420 | 84.5 percent of the universe is made of dark matter [New Sci.] |
21174 | Dark matter must have mass, to produce gravity, and no electric charge, to not reflect light [New Sci.] |
21193 | The universe is 68% dark energy, 27% dark matter, 5% regular matter [Hesketh] |