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Half of the universe's hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found (phys.org)
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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Hydrogen Gas: "I'm in."

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The halo is more extended that astronomers originally thought,

Article needs an editor.

[–] PentastarM@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

"Yeah boss, I checked the spelling, I ran it through ChatGPT."

[–] josefo@leminal.space 3 points 1 month ago

Why this title reads as an Onion article?

[–] hihi24522@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“Ionized hydrogen gas” wouldn’t this just be protons?

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

One of the ions of hydrogen is a proton, but there's also a proton and one or two neutrons for deuterium and tritium, and anion versions of the 3 isotopes where they absorb an extra electron, mostly within stars.