Recently, two separate groups of researchers say they've managed to spot some of the "missing" matter. But that didn't stop them from generating splashy headlines, such as "Half the universe's missing matter has just been finally found" and "Mystery of the universe's missing matter finally solved by scientists." What you may not know is that most of the normal matter in the universe also hasn't been detected. So even though the matter is referred to as "missing baryons" — "for me, they've never been missing," Bond said. Afshordi agrees that confirming where in the universe the missing baryons are doesn't solve the biggest mystery.

Source: CBC News October 27, 2017 09:00 UTC