Computer simulations carried out by astronomers from the University of Groningen in collaboration with researchers from Germany, France and Sweden show that most of the (dark) matter beyond the Local Group of galaxies (which includes the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy) must be organized in an extended plane. Above and below this plane are large voids. The observed motions of nearby galaxies and the joint masses of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy can only be properly explained with this "flat" mass distribution. The research, led by Ph.D. graduate Ewoud Wempe and Professor Amina Helmi, is published in Nature Astronomy.
The fact that 95% of the universe’s mass-energy content is fucking invisible kinda freaks me out.
Don’t worry, it might not be what we think and it could just be evidence of higher planes of reality or something deeply more complicated about time itself that we can’t understand.
Doesn’t that make you feel better??