Yonatan Zunger (zunger) wrote,
Yonatan Zunger
zunger

Observation about physics

Based on the current best measurements of the large-scale structure of the universe, 73% of the total mass-energy is cosmological constant, a.k.a. dark energy; of the remainder, 90% is dark matter of various sorts. The remainder is 90% intergalactic gas, and the rest luminous matter.

For short: 97% of the universe is poorly understood; 3% is hot air; and the rest is on fire.

Any resemblance to other projects is purely coincidental, I promise.
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Hot in this case meaning exceeds zero degrees kelvin by epsilon?
Also, "air" seems a bit of misnomer for a near-perfect vacuum with no molecular nitrogen or oxygen.