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Hubble Spots Long-Sought Intergalactic Gas

Posted by Hemos on from the left-over-hindenburg dept.

hubie writes: "NASA is announcing that Hubble has indirectly detected the long-expected existence of intergalactic hydrogen gas. This is important because it confirms some of the Big Bang models that predict how much hydrogen should have been created. Hubble used a quasar as a light source for spectroscopic measurements. "

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  1. Re:HTML Version Correction by Phrogman · · Score: 5

    Slashdot screwed up the links for me somehow (or I screwed up). The press release is here.

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