RE: My daughter wants to know....
January 19, 2017 at 4:57 am
(This post was last modified: January 19, 2017 at 5:02 am by Alex K.)
Here are some pictures referring to my comment above:
The current distribution of galaxies (every dot is a galaxy) as observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
![[Image: sdss836dome.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=astro.uchicago.edu%2Fcosmus%2Fprojects%2Fsloangalaxies%2Fsdss836dome.jpg)
And here's the structures in the microwave background radiation, as observed by the Planck Satellite
![[Image: planck_2013.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bigbangcentral.com%2Fimages%2Fplanck_2013.jpg)
And here's a computer simulation using realistic data showing how the structures we see in the earlier observation, the microwaves, lead to the filament like structures in the distribution of the galaxies above as the universe expands. Note how it starts with a pretty indistinct soup, but by the force of gravity, structures form which look exactly like what we observe today.
What you see in the simulation would correspond to one of those "knots" you see in the galaxy survey.
The current distribution of galaxies (every dot is a galaxy) as observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
And here's the structures in the microwave background radiation, as observed by the Planck Satellite
And here's a computer simulation using realistic data showing how the structures we see in the earlier observation, the microwaves, lead to the filament like structures in the distribution of the galaxies above as the universe expands. Note how it starts with a pretty indistinct soup, but by the force of gravity, structures form which look exactly like what we observe today.
What you see in the simulation would correspond to one of those "knots" you see in the galaxy survey.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
