A Does WHIM solve the dark matter problem?

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Recent observations of the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) have advanced, but it is insufficient to account for the total amount of dark matter needed in the universe. WHIM is observable in galaxy clusters via X-rays, yet it constitutes only a small fraction of the mass required to maintain the stability of these clusters. The consensus is that WHIM cannot solve the dark matter problem due to its limited quantity. Further evidence, such as the bullet cluster, directly contradicts the idea that WHIM could fulfill the role of dark matter. Thus, WHIM does not provide a viable solution to the dark matter issue.
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Does the Observation of whim can solved the problem of dark matter
Direct Observation of Whim (The warm–hot intergalactic medium) has known a lot progress recently. Does whim could be enough to amount to the quantity of dark matters in the universe, therefore solving the dark matter problem? If not, why?
 
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Short answer: no, for many reasons. First, there isn't enough of it. We can see this matter quite clearly in galaxy clusters through x-rays, and it only amounts to a small fraction of what is required to hold the galaxy clusters together.

There's lots of other reasons why this can't work, but that's the start of it. I recommend looking up the bullet cluster for a pretty direct observational example that rules this out directly.
 
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