https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749
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Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space.
They say that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe.
It cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is really distant and identifying all the galaxies that make up the bigger structure has taken a lot of time and computing power.
Such large structures should not exist according to one of the guiding principles of astronomy, called the cosmological principle. This states that all matter is spread smoothly across the Universe.
Although stars, planets and galaxies are huge clumps of matter in our eyes, in the context of the size of the universe they are insignificant - and the theory is that much bigger patches of matter should not form.
Well, that is quite impressive
! A shame we can't see it with the naked eye, but still nice to know it exists.
Though, if it violates the cosmological principle, then I wonder how it came to exist? (And indeed, what - if anything - might live there
?)
(Source: Stellarium / Above article)
Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space.
They say that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe.
It cannot be seen with the naked eye. It is really distant and identifying all the galaxies that make up the bigger structure has taken a lot of time and computing power.
Such large structures should not exist according to one of the guiding principles of astronomy, called the cosmological principle. This states that all matter is spread smoothly across the Universe.
Although stars, planets and galaxies are huge clumps of matter in our eyes, in the context of the size of the universe they are insignificant - and the theory is that much bigger patches of matter should not form.
Well, that is quite impressive
! A shame we can't see it with the naked eye, but still nice to know it exists. Though, if it violates the cosmological principle, then I wonder how it came to exist? (And indeed, what - if anything - might live there
?)
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