warm-hot intergalactic medium

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warm-hot intergalactic medium

noun warm–hot intergalactic medium · WHIM

uncountable A sparse warm-to-hot (10⁵ to 10⁷ K) plasma that cosmologists believe to exist in the spaces between galaxies and to contain 40–50% of the baryons in the universe at the current epoch.

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@misc{warm_hot_intergalactic_medium_2026,
  title = {warm-hot intergalactic medium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/warm-hot%20intergalactic%20medium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}