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What percentage of the universe is made of normal, visible matter?
Only about 5 percent
Background
Only about 5 percent of the universe is made of normal matter. So everything we can see is just a tiny part. The rest is dark matter and dark energy, and it is still a big mystery. Scientists around the world are trying to understand this missing part.
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