#big-ring — Public Fediverse posts
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#KnowledgeByte: The #BigRing is a recently discovered ring-shaped large-scale structure composed of galaxies and galaxy clusters. It's located about 9.2 billion light-years away, near the constellation Boötes.
With a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, it's an incredibly massive structure that challenges our current understanding of the universe's large-scale structure.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Big-Ring-6739f425b5a6d1107c8516b6
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#KnowledgeByte: The #BigRing is a recently discovered ring-shaped large-scale structure composed of galaxies and galaxy clusters. It's located about 9.2 billion light-years away, near the constellation Boötes.
With a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, it's an incredibly massive structure that challenges our current understanding of the universe's large-scale structure.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Big-Ring-6739f425b5a6d1107c8516b6
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Gigaparsec structures are nowhere to be seen in ΛCDM: an enhanced analysis of LSS in FLAMINGO-10K simulations
by Alexia Lopez @morninglopez and Roger Clowes @rgclowes
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Gigaparsec structures are nowhere to be seen in ΛCDM: an enhanced analysis of LSS in FLAMINGO-10K simulations
by Alexia Lopez @morninglopez and Roger Clowes @rgclowes
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Big Things in the Universe
About a year ago I wrote a couple of articles (here and here) in response to the discovery of a very large structure (“The Big Ring“) and claims that this structure and others – such as a Giant Arc – were inconsistent with the standard model of cosmology; the work concerned was later submitted as a preprint to arXiv. In my first post on the Big Ring I wrote
To assess the significance of the Big Ring or other structures in a proper scientific fashion, one has to calculate how probable that structure is given a model. We have a standard model that can be used for this purpose, but to simulate very structures is not straightforward because it requires a lot of computing power even to simulate just the mass distribution. In this case one also has to understand how to embed Magnesium absorption too, something which may turn out to trace the mass in a very biased way. Moreover, one has to simulate the observational selection process too, so one is doing a fair comparison between observations and predictions.
Well on today’s arXiv there is a preprint by Sawala et al. with the title aims to assess the significance of structures comparable to the Giant Arc. The title of the paper is The Emperor’s New Arc: gigaparsec patterns abound in a ΛCDM universe from which you can guess the conclusions. The abstract is
Recent discoveries of apparent large-scale features in the structure of the universe, extending over many hundreds of megaparsecs, have been claimed to contradict the large-scale isotropy and homogeneity foundational to the standard (ΛCDM) cosmological model. We explicitly test and refute this conjecture using FLAMINGO-10K, a new and very large cosmological simulation of the growth of structure in a ΛCDM context. Applying the same methods used in the observations, we show that patterns like the “Giant Arc”, supposedly in tension with the standard model, are, in fact, common and expected in a ΛCDM universe. We also show that their reported significant overdensities are an algorithmic artefact and unlikely to reflect any underlying structure.
arXiv:2502.03515
Here’s a picture of a large structure (a “Giant Arc”) taken from a gallery of such objects found in the simulations
I quote from the conclusions:
We hope that our results will dispel the misconception that no inhomogeneity can be found in the standard model Universe beyond some finite size. Instead, any given realisation of the isotropic universe comprises a time- and scale-dependent population of structures from which patterns can be identified on any scale.
I have nothing to add.
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The #BigRing is a recently discovered ring-shaped large-scale structure composed of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
It's located about 9.2 billion light-years away, near the constellation Boötes. With a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, it's an incredibly massive structure that challenges our current understanding of the universe's large-scale structure.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Big-Ring-6739f425b5a6d1107c8516b6
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The #BigRing is a recently discovered ring-shaped large-scale structure composed of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
It's located about 9.2 billion light-years away, near the constellation Boötes. With a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, it's an incredibly massive structure that challenges our current understanding of the universe's large-scale structure.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Big-Ring-6739f425b5a6d1107c8516b6
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Don't call it crisis, call it opportunity! Here is the December edition of the (German-speaking) science magazine "bild der wissenschaft" with a cover story about the challenges of our current #cosmology model: https://www.wissenschaft.de/bdw-hefte-specials/aktuelles-heft/
...including a one-page interview with me on our community paper!
Check it out, it's a great read!! 🤩#Science #Outreach #Laniakea #BigRing #CosmologicalPrinicple
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Don't call it crisis, call it opportunity! Here is the December edition of the (German-speaking) science magazine "bild der wissenschaft" with a cover story about the challenges of our current #cosmology model: https://www.wissenschaft.de/bdw-hefte-specials/aktuelles-heft/
...including a one-page interview with me on our community paper!
Check it out, it's a great read!! 🤩#Science #Outreach #Laniakea #BigRing #CosmologicalPrinicple
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#KnowledgeByte: The #BigRing is a recently discovered ring-shaped large-scale structure composed of galaxies and galaxy clusters. It's located about 9.2 billion light-years away, near the constellation Boötes.
With a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, it's an incredibly massive structure that challenges our current understanding of the universe's large-scale structure.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Big-Ring-6739f425b5a6d1107c8516b6
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#KnowledgeByte: The #BigRing is a recently discovered ring-shaped large-scale structure composed of galaxies and galaxy clusters. It's located about 9.2 billion light-years away, near the constellation Boötes.
With a diameter of about 1.3 billion light-years, it's an incredibly massive structure that challenges our current understanding of the universe's large-scale structure.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/The-Big-Ring-6739f425b5a6d1107c8516b6
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in the #arXiv
Investigating Ultra-Large Large-Scale Structures: Potential Implications for Cosmology
by Alexia Lopez @morninglopez and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14894#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #galaxies #ΛCDM #CosmologicalPrinciple #LSS #LargeScaleStructure #Universe #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #science #STEM #RoyalSociety
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in the #arXiv
Investigating Ultra-Large Large-Scale Structures: Potential Implications for Cosmology
by Alexia Lopez @morninglopez and co-authors
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14894#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #galaxies #ΛCDM #CosmologicalPrinciple #LSS #LargeScaleStructure #Universe #astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #science #STEM #RoyalSociety
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World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
Meeting at London’s Royal Society will scrutinise basic model first formulated in 1922 that universe is a vast, even expanse with no notable features.
#cosmology #conference #London #RAS #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #bigring #galaxies #HubbleConstant
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World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
Meeting at London’s Royal Society will scrutinise basic model first formulated in 1922 that universe is a vast, even expanse with no notable features.
#cosmology #conference #London #RAS #universe #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #science #bigring #galaxies #HubbleConstant
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World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
The principle that ⭐️everything looks the same everywhere⭐️ is a fundamental pillar of the standard model of #cosmology,
which aims to explain the big bang and how the universe has evolved in the 13.7bn years since.
But this week a meeting of some of the world’s leading cosmologists will convene at London’s Royal Society to ask:
what if this basic assumption is wrong?The meeting comes after a number of high-profile astronomical observations have challenged the conventional view, according to Prof Subir #Sarkar, a cosmologist at the University of Oxford and co-organiser of the meeting.
“We are, in cosmology, using a model that was first formulated in 1922,” he said. “We have great data, but the theoretical basis is past its sell-by date. More and more people are saying the same thing and these are respected astronomers.”The conference brings together some of the scientists behind the recent anomalous findings.
These include
🌟observations that suggest the universe is expanding more quickly in some regions than others,
🌟hints at megastructures in the night sky and evidence for cosmic flows
– vast celestial rivers of material on a scale that cannot be readily accommodated within conventional theories.
Dr Nathan #Secrest, of the US Naval Observatory and a collaborator with Sarkar, is presenting findings that raise
🌟the possibility that the universe is slightly lopsided. After analysing a catalogue of more than 1m quasars (extremely luminous galactic cores), the team found that one hemisphere of the sky appeared to host roughly 0.5% more sources than the other.
It may not sound like a major discrepancy but, according to Sarkar, if confirmed
🔸 it would undermine the basis for #dark #energy, 🔸which is supposed to be the dominant component of the universe.
“It would mean that two-thirds of the universe has just disappeared,” Sarkar said.Dr Konstantinos #Migkas, of Leiden University, will share
🌟findings that the Hubble constant – the rate at which the universe is expanding
– appears to vary across space.
“Our results add another problematic piece to the puzzle,” Migkas said. At a local scale, at least, this suggests that observations do not match predictions of the standard model. “We can’t extrapolate that it’s wrong over the full universe,” he added.Alexia #Lopez, a PhD student at the University of Central Lancashire, has discovered what appear to be
🌟cosmic megastructures, named #BigRing and #GiantArc. These shapes, traced out by galaxies and galaxy clusters, occur on a scale beyond which the universe should be smooth and effectively featureless.
“When we’re finding a list of structures that are exceeding this scale, are they challenging this assumption that is so fundamental in cosmology?” said Lopez. “Maybe there needs to be more of a critical analysis of our standard model.”Sarkar suggests that belief in the standard model of cosmology has been so deeply ingrained that it is treated as “the religion”. “I find that frankly annoying that this principle hasn’t been checked,” he said,
although not everyone agrees with this characterisation.Prof George #Efstathiou, an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, who is presenting a more sceptical take at the conference, ♦️said it was not true that the model had not been repeatedly interrogated. ♦️“People accuse me of defending the model,” he said. “But what they don’t realise is how much time I’ve spent trying to disprove it. I completely disagree that’s there’s some kind of groupthink.”
Efstathiou said that while intriguing, none of the anomalies being presented were compelling enough to undermine standard theories.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/14/worlds-top-cosmologists-convene-to-question-conventional-view-of-the-universe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other -
World’s top cosmologists convene to question conventional view of the universe
The principle that ⭐️everything looks the same everywhere⭐️ is a fundamental pillar of the standard model of #cosmology,
which aims to explain the big bang and how the universe has evolved in the 13.7bn years since.
But this week a meeting of some of the world’s leading cosmologists will convene at London’s Royal Society to ask:
what if this basic assumption is wrong?The meeting comes after a number of high-profile astronomical observations have challenged the conventional view, according to Prof Subir #Sarkar, a cosmologist at the University of Oxford and co-organiser of the meeting.
“We are, in cosmology, using a model that was first formulated in 1922,” he said. “We have great data, but the theoretical basis is past its sell-by date. More and more people are saying the same thing and these are respected astronomers.”The conference brings together some of the scientists behind the recent anomalous findings.
These include
🌟observations that suggest the universe is expanding more quickly in some regions than others,
🌟hints at megastructures in the night sky and evidence for cosmic flows
– vast celestial rivers of material on a scale that cannot be readily accommodated within conventional theories.
Dr Nathan #Secrest, of the US Naval Observatory and a collaborator with Sarkar, is presenting findings that raise
🌟the possibility that the universe is slightly lopsided. After analysing a catalogue of more than 1m quasars (extremely luminous galactic cores), the team found that one hemisphere of the sky appeared to host roughly 0.5% more sources than the other.
It may not sound like a major discrepancy but, according to Sarkar, if confirmed
🔸 it would undermine the basis for #dark #energy, 🔸which is supposed to be the dominant component of the universe.
“It would mean that two-thirds of the universe has just disappeared,” Sarkar said.Dr Konstantinos #Migkas, of Leiden University, will share
🌟findings that the Hubble constant – the rate at which the universe is expanding
– appears to vary across space.
“Our results add another problematic piece to the puzzle,” Migkas said. At a local scale, at least, this suggests that observations do not match predictions of the standard model. “We can’t extrapolate that it’s wrong over the full universe,” he added.Alexia #Lopez, a PhD student at the University of Central Lancashire, has discovered what appear to be
🌟cosmic megastructures, named #BigRing and #GiantArc. These shapes, traced out by galaxies and galaxy clusters, occur on a scale beyond which the universe should be smooth and effectively featureless.
“When we’re finding a list of structures that are exceeding this scale, are they challenging this assumption that is so fundamental in cosmology?” said Lopez. “Maybe there needs to be more of a critical analysis of our standard model.”Sarkar suggests that belief in the standard model of cosmology has been so deeply ingrained that it is treated as “the religion”. “I find that frankly annoying that this principle hasn’t been checked,” he said,
although not everyone agrees with this characterisation.Prof George #Efstathiou, an astrophysicist at the University of Cambridge, who is presenting a more sceptical take at the conference, ♦️said it was not true that the model had not been repeatedly interrogated. ♦️“People accuse me of defending the model,” he said. “But what they don’t realise is how much time I’ve spent trying to disprove it. I completely disagree that’s there’s some kind of groupthink.”
Efstathiou said that while intriguing, none of the anomalies being presented were compelling enough to undermine standard theories.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/14/worlds-top-cosmologists-convene-to-question-conventional-view-of-the-universe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other -
Very interesting paper by @govertschilling for Sky and Telescope, on the discovery of the Big Ring by @morninglopez et al., with quotes from Jim Peebles (“I am hoping for anomalies that could prove to be empirical hints to a better theory”), Carlos Frenk, and Rien van de Weijgaert.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-find-big-ring-1-3-billion-light-years-across/
#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #standardmodel #ɅCDM #JimPeebles #NobelPrize #physics #BigBang #astronomy #astrophyscis #astrodon #science #space #news #research #STEM
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Very interesting paper by @govertschilling for Sky and Telescope, on the discovery of the Big Ring by @morninglopez et al., with quotes from Jim Peebles (“I am hoping for anomalies that could prove to be empirical hints to a better theory”), Carlos Frenk, and Rien van de Weijgaert.
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-find-big-ring-1-3-billion-light-years-across/
#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #standardmodel #ɅCDM #JimPeebles #NobelPrize #physics #BigBang #astronomy #astrophyscis #astrodon #science #space #news #research #STEM
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"Two extraordinary uLSSs (ultra-large-scale structures) in such close configuration raises the possibility that together they form an even more extraordinary cosmological system."
➡️ The #discovery of the Big Ring, the second uLSS found in MgII-absorber catalogues, following the previously reported Giant Arc, is now posted on #arXiv and submitted to #JCAP by @morninglopez, @rgclowes, and G.M. Williger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07591#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #galaxies #astrodon #science #STEM #news
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"Two extraordinary uLSSs (ultra-large-scale structures) in such close configuration raises the possibility that together they form an even more extraordinary cosmological system."
➡️ The #discovery of the Big Ring, the second uLSS found in MgII-absorber catalogues, following the previously reported Giant Arc, is now posted on #arXiv and submitted to #JCAP by @morninglopez, @rgclowes, and G.M. Williger
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07591#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #galaxies #astrodon #science #STEM #news
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🇯🇵 直径約13億光年の巨大構造物「ビッグ・リング」を発見 宇宙原理に反する構造か
/ ``Big Ring'', a gigantic structure approximately 1.3 billion light years in diameter discovered; could it be a structure that violates the principles of the universe?
https://sorae.info/astronomy/20240130-big-ring.html
#bigring #galaxies #cosmology #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #research #japan #japanese #scicomm #sorae #大規模構造 #天文 #ビッグリング #宇宙学 #科学 #天体物理学 #物理 #宇宙科学 #日本 #日本語
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🇯🇵 直径約13億光年の巨大構造物「ビッグ・リング」を発見 宇宙原理に反する構造か
/ ``Big Ring'', a gigantic structure approximately 1.3 billion light years in diameter discovered; could it be a structure that violates the principles of the universe?
https://sorae.info/astronomy/20240130-big-ring.html
#bigring #galaxies #cosmology #astronomy #astrodon #space #science #research #japan #japanese #scicomm #sorae #大規模構造 #天文 #ビッグリング #宇宙学 #科学 #天体物理学 #物理 #宇宙科学 #日本 #日本語
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Check out Dr Becky Smethurst's latest Night Sky News #video, wherein she reviews the #discovery of the #BigRing of #galaxies (feat. @morninglopez) and a series of #JWST papers ruling out a likely culprit of the #HubbleTension (feat. @gdanandofficial)
#cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #drbecky #drbeckysmethurst #youtube #youtuber #scicomm #science #communication #sciencecommunication #space #research #giantarc #quasars #southpolewall #nasa #physics
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Check out Dr Becky Smethurst's latest Night Sky News #video, wherein she reviews the #discovery of the #BigRing of #galaxies (feat. @morninglopez) and a series of #JWST papers ruling out a likely culprit of the #HubbleTension (feat. @gdanandofficial)
#cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #news #drbecky #drbeckysmethurst #youtube #youtuber #scicomm #science #communication #sciencecommunication #space #research #giantarc #quasars #southpolewall #nasa #physics
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The ingredients of a cosmological mystery: Big Ring, Giant Arc, Sloan Great Wall, South Pole Wall, Clowes-Campusano Large Quasar Group, Laniakea Supercluster, the dark flow, Sir Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, cosmic strings, ...
https://www.space.com/big-ring-galactic-superstructure-celestial-anomaly#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #sloangreatwall #southpolewall #ClowesCampeanoLQG #quasars #laniakea #supercluster #laniakeasupercluster #galaxies #darkflow #penrose #rogerpenrose #CCC #cycliccosmology #cosmicstrings #astronomy #space
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The ingredients of a cosmological mystery: Big Ring, Giant Arc, Sloan Great Wall, South Pole Wall, Clowes-Campusano Large Quasar Group, Laniakea Supercluster, the dark flow, Sir Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology, cosmic strings, ...
https://www.space.com/big-ring-galactic-superstructure-celestial-anomaly#cosmology #bigring #giantarc #sloangreatwall #southpolewall #ClowesCampeanoLQG #quasars #laniakea #supercluster #laniakeasupercluster #galaxies #darkflow #penrose #rogerpenrose #CCC #cycliccosmology #cosmicstrings #astronomy #space
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Short video by Dr Becky Smethurst on the newly discovered "Big Ring" mega-structure of galaxies. Looking forward her forthcoming Night Sky News Monthly video on this topic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kYdXPG69g#bigring #galaxies #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #drbecky #video #sciencevideo #scicomm
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Short video by Dr Becky Smethurst on the newly discovered "Big Ring" mega-structure of galaxies. Looking forward her forthcoming Night Sky News Monthly video on this topic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8kYdXPG69g#bigring #galaxies #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #drbecky #video #sciencevideo #scicomm
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Great paper by Mirjam Guesgen for @Motherboard @VICENews on the discovery of the Big Ring
On the proximity of this structure with the Giant Arc:
“Identifying two extraordinary ultra-large structures in such close configuration raises the possibility that together they form an even more extraordinary cosmological system.” @morninglopez (co-author of the discovery)https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bwea/scientists-discover-big-ring-ultra-large-structure-in-space
#bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #sdss #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science
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Great paper by Mirjam Guesgen for @Motherboard @VICENews on the discovery of the Big Ring
On the proximity of this structure with the Giant Arc:
“Identifying two extraordinary ultra-large structures in such close configuration raises the possibility that together they form an even more extraordinary cosmological system.” @morninglopez (co-author of the discovery)https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bwea/scientists-discover-big-ring-ultra-large-structure-in-space
#bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #sdss #cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science
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The Big Ring, located 9 billion light years from Earth, is so huge that it challenges our current understanding of the universe.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bwea/sbig-ring-ultra-large-structure-in-space?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
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The Big Ring, located 9 billion light years from Earth, is so huge that it challenges our current understanding of the universe.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7bwea/sbig-ring-ultra-large-structure-in-space?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
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Galaxy ring discovery challenges thinking on universe | BBC News
https://youtu.be/OV9BHDvBi-0#bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #universe #cosmicstrings #cosmology #cosmography #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research
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Galaxy ring discovery challenges thinking on universe | BBC News
https://youtu.be/OV9BHDvBi-0#bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #universe #cosmicstrings #cosmology #cosmography #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research
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The discovery of the Big Ring makes it to the frontpage of the Financial Times!
"This Big Ring of galaxies and galaxy clusters joins an expanding catalogue of mammoth structures that defy scientific expectation."
🔭 Alexia Lopez @morninglopez, Roger Clowes @rgclowes, and Gerard Williger
✍️ Anjana Ahujahttps://www.ft.com/content/128ea9a2-5544-4e3c-b23b-874d5a9190b0
#bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #universe #cosmicstrings #cosmology #cosmography #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #ft #financialtimes
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The discovery of the Big Ring makes it to the frontpage of the Financial Times!
"This Big Ring of galaxies and galaxy clusters joins an expanding catalogue of mammoth structures that defy scientific expectation."
🔭 Alexia Lopez @morninglopez, Roger Clowes @rgclowes, and Gerard Williger
✍️ Anjana Ahujahttps://www.ft.com/content/128ea9a2-5544-4e3c-b23b-874d5a9190b0
#bigring #giantarc #galaxies #quasars #universe #cosmicstrings #cosmology #cosmography #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #ft #financialtimes
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Good morning to #Astrodon !
Let's welcome a new member here:
@rgclowesRoger Clowes the researcher from the University of Central Lancashire who discovered several extremely large structures in the universe like the Giant Arc and the Big Ring, see the latest news coverage here:
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe#Cosmology #astronomy #astrophysics #BigRing #CosmicStructures
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Größer als erlaubt: Erneut haben Astronomen eine riesige Struktur im Kosmos entdeckt, die es eigentlich so nicht geben dürfte.Doch was steckt dahinter? #BigRing #Astronomie #Kosmischerring #GiantArc
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Größer als erlaubt: Erneut haben Astronomen eine riesige Struktur im Kosmos entdeckt, die es eigentlich so nicht geben dürfte.Doch was steckt dahinter? #BigRing #Astronomie #Kosmischerring #GiantArc
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List of largest cosmic structures, updated after discovery of the Big Ring.
#wikipedia #bigring #giantarc #hooleilana #laniakea #supercluster #laniakeasupercluster #galaxies #southpolewall #cosmology #cosmography #cosmicflows #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #education #knowledge #encyclopedia
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List of largest cosmic structures, updated after discovery of the Big Ring.
#wikipedia #bigring #giantarc #hooleilana #laniakea #supercluster #laniakeasupercluster #galaxies #southpolewall #cosmology #cosmography #cosmicflows #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #education #knowledge #encyclopedia
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More information at the website of The University of Central Lancashire
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/big-ring-in-the-sky📷 An artistic impression of what the Big Ring (shown in blue) and Giant Arc (shown in red) would look like in the sky. Background image credit: Stellarium.
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More information at the website of The University of Central Lancashire
https://www.uclan.ac.uk/news/big-ring-in-the-sky📷 An artistic impression of what the Big Ring (shown in blue) and Giant Arc (shown in red) would look like in the sky. Background image credit: Stellarium.
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Dr Robert Massey: "This is the seventh large structure discovered in the universe that contradicts the in that the cosmos is smooth on the largest scales. If these structures are real, then it's definitely food for thought for cosmologists and the accepted thinking on how the universe has evolved over time. "
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos - #BBCNews
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749
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Dr Robert Massey: "This is the seventh large structure discovered in the universe that contradicts the in that the cosmos is smooth on the largest scales. If these structures are real, then it's definitely food for thought for cosmologists and the accepted thinking on how the universe has evolved over time. "
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos - #BBCNews
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67950749
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Happy bday to Alexia Lopez
and her newly discovered #BigRing! 🥂 While the bdays are a chance alignment, the Big Ring & Giant Arc don't seem to be.
Great news coverage by
Hannah Devlin in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe
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Happy bday to Alexia Lopez
and her newly discovered #BigRing! 🥂 While the bdays are a chance alignment, the Big Ring & Giant Arc don't seem to be.
Great news coverage by
Hannah Devlin in @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/11/newly-discovered-cosmic-megastructure-challenges-theories-of-the-universe
Thanks for the interview!