Posted on 01/13/2024 9:50:37 PM PST by Red Badger
The identification of another ultra-large structure in remote space continues to defy our understanding of the cosmos.
The Big Ring is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters.
Scientists have found an enormous ring-shaped structure called the Big Ring, positioned an astonishing 9.2 billion light-years away from Earth. This massive cosmic formation is made up of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, with a diameter of approximately 1.3 billion light-years and a total circumference of around 4 billion light-years. To help grasp its size, envision that if you could somehow observe the Big Ring directly, it would stretch across the night sky as much as 15 full moons.
PhD student Alexia Lopez from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has made this significant discovery, marking her second identification of an ultra-large structure. Two years ago, she found the giant arc in the sky. Interestingly, both the Big Ring and the Giant Arc, spanning 3.3 billion light-years, share the same cosmological neighborhood. They are observed from an equal distance, exist at the same cosmic time, and are just 12 degrees apart in the sky.
"Neither of these two ultra-large structures is easy to explain in our current understanding of the universe. And their ultra-large sizes, distinctive shapes, and cosmological proximity must surely be telling us something important-but what exactly?" Alexia said in a statement released by the university.
Listen to the latest songs, only on JioSaavn.com "One possibility is that the Big Ring could be related to baryonic acoustic oscillations (BAOs). BAOs arise from oscillations in the early universe and today should appear, statistically at least, as spherical shells in the arrangement of galaxies. However, detailed analysis of the Big Ring revealed it is not really compatible with the BAO explanation: the Big Ring is too large and is not spherical."
"We could expect maybe one exceedingly large structure in all our observable universe. Yet, the Big Ring and the Giant Arc are two huge structures and are even cosmological neighbours, which is extraordinarily fascinating," Alexia Lopez added.
RING PING!....................
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OMG
That very last gas giant is scary.
To me, it looks like an eye with an eyebrow, but they are looking at it upside down.
For reference, the radius of the observable universe is estimated to be about 46.5 billion light-years.
This discovery is like something from The Twilight Zone.
I guess i don’t get what the big deal is about this.
I bet it’s a supersized Big Black Hole.....
If you think that is something, you should see the Big Fiancee!
The last gas giant? Isn't that Uranus?
There must have been some initial gravitational event that occurred that caused a series of waves that flowed out from the center of impact.
-PJ
I must confess, I have my doubts that is real. It looks like someone used photoshop and drew blue dots in a circle.
I came here for the usual “ring around Uranus” thread, but was disappointed to find you all discussing science like intelligent adults. What is this world coming to?
LOL! Rosie ODonnell. After that they should put “Obamas ego” as the ultimate biggest thing in the universe
They did. Each dot represents a galaxy that is very faint...............
Just “a Hoot & a Holler” in total distance!
Speaking as an Alien.
It’s a fur piece....................
How interesting, the 4/1.3 circumference to diameter ratio is very close to pi.
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