PX158 - K5 - density of the universe
- assuming that the universe is close to a critical density (
):
where,
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the calculated value is about twenty times higher than the actual density as observed (baryonic matter)
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therefore, only
of is baryonic, is dark matter, is unknown -
in the
, astronomers found 'dark energy' existed from supernova surveys, which can account for the of -
this is causing the expansion of the universe to accelerate