Does WHIM solve the dark matter problem?

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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?
 
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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