Amelia Fraser-McKelvie a 22 year old Australian undergraduate student may have located the ‘missing mass’ of the universe identified in the theory of dark matter. The previously undiscovered ‘baryonic’ mass that Fraser-McKelvie found may be contained in filaments of such large quantities stretching across the enormous expanses of space between galaxy clusters. Working as an intern at the Monash University school of Physics under the supervision of Kevin Pimbblet, the significance of Fraser-McKelvie’s discovery became known when Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway undertook an X-ray analysis of her data collection. The filaments were thought to be at high temperatures and low in density, but only recently has the technology become available to theoretically identify the locations. Discoveries such as this could result in the construction of telescopes specifically designed to pinpoint the mass. Inspired by Thekla Hritz ow.ly/5aNoJ image source Monash University ow.ly/5aNCh Eureka moment…I feel really lucky (June 9 2011)

Amelia Fraser-McKelvie a 22 year old Australian undergraduate student may have located the ‘missing mass’ of the universe identified in the theory of dark matter. The previously undiscovered ‘baryonic’ mass that Fraser-McKelvie found may be contained in filaments of such large quantities stretching across the enormous expanses of space between galaxy clusters. Working as an intern at the Monash University school of Physics under the supervision of Kevin Pimbblet, the significance of Fraser-McKelvie’s discovery became known when Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway undertook an X-ray analysis of her data collection. The filaments were thought to be at high temperatures and low in density, but only recently has the technology become available to theoretically identify the locations. Discoveries such as this could result in the construction of telescopes specifically designed to pinpoint the mass.

 

Inspired by Thekla Hritz ow.ly/5aNoJ image source Monash University ow.ly/5aNCh