Space Daily August 30, 2026 • 02:30

The universe’s total mass-energy budget, according to standard cosmology: 4.9% ordinary matter, 26.8% dark matter and 68.3% dark energy — meaning everything made from the atoms on the periodic table accounts for less than one-twentieth of the cosmos. - Space Daily

The universe’s total mass-energy budget, according to standard cosmology: 4.9% ordinary matter, 26.8% dark matter and 68.3% dark energy — meaning everything made from the atoms on the periodic table accounts for less than one-twentieth of the cosmos. - Space Daily

Planck's 2013 universe inventory assigned 4.9% to ordinary matter, 26.8% to dark matter and 68.3% to dark energy, within the standard flat ΛCDM model.

Everything directly available to our senses belongs to the smallest slice of the standard cosmological budget. Stars, planets, gas, dust, people and every known chemical element are built from ordina… [+9540 chars]

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