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Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
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Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos

Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space.
It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth.
Named the Big Ring by the astronomers, it is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
They say that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe.

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.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749
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RE: Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
(January 12, 2024 at 12:39 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos

Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space.
It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth.
Named the Big Ring by the astronomers, it is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
They say that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe.

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.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749

‘The Big Ring’? Really? How very creative - it’s a ring and it’s big. Golly. How about -

-The Brobdingnagian Space Bagel

-The Colossal Cosmic Cronut

-The Humongous Hoop

-The Super-duper Loop

These people need to hire a marketing firm.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
(January 12, 2024 at 2:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
(January 12, 2024 at 12:39 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos

Scientists at the University of Central Lancashire have discovered a gigantic, ring-shaped structure in space.
It is 1.3bn light-years in diameter and appears to be roughly 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth.
Named the Big Ring by the astronomers, it is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
They say that it is so big it challenges our understanding of the universe.

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.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749

‘The Big Ring’? Really? How very creative - it’s a ring and it’s big. Golly. How about -

-The Brobdingnagian Space Bagel

-The Colossal Cosmic Cronut

-The Humongous Hoop

-The Super-duper Loop

These people need to hire a marketing firm.

Boru

the one ring to rule them all.
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RE: Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on cosmos
(January 12, 2024 at 2:15 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote:
(January 12, 2024 at 2:12 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ‘The Big Ring’? Really? How very creative - it’s a ring and it’s big. Golly. How about -

-The Brobdingnagian Space Bagel

-The Colossal Cosmic Cronut

-The Humongous Hoop

-The Super-duper Loop

These people need to hire a marketing firm.

Boru

the one ring to rule them all.

Copyright issues.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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