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What is the total mass-energy of baryonic matter?

From what I understand, conservation of energy does not apply to the total energy of the Universe, because it constantly expands and the new, created space has a constant non-zero energy of its own. ...
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Why do matter and radiation densities scale differently in expanding universe, when all matter is energy and all energy is matter? [duplicate]

I sometimes see the first Friedmann equation expressed with different terms for the density of "matter" and the density of "radiation". It is said that with an increase in scale ...
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If energy can't order itself, how did energy get ordered or made? [duplicate]

In the universe we see that hydrogen (bound up energy) is found in a highly concentrated ordered state in some places and it's highly dispersed in most other places. There is a natural progression ...
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Is there scientific evidence that point towards the cause of differently distributed matter through out the Universe? [closed]

If we know from discoveries from cosmology prove that ordinary matter and dark matter are still not enough to explain the structure of the universe and its distribution of matter. There should be a ...
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What is the physics definition of space?

When astronomers, physicists say that space is expanding, does the definition of space include matter, energy and the particles within? Or is space an empty 'stage' in which all of the above exist? ...
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