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.
Bah humbug!
We finally found Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire................
We finally found Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire................
The Universe is huge and there are a lot of shapes because - the Universe is huge....and it is beyond Man’s grasp to understand it all...
We have found the Pierson Puppeteers. Can the Kzinti be far behind?
All metal rings are ‘Deep Space’ rings. Metals come from the stars when they die................
It is a gigantic star gate.
Maybe the vortex is the universal shape Voyager 1 gets instructions turn left.
It’s only about 15 million miles out.
I have a program called "Celestia", which basically a universe simulator (and more). I went to check out Betelgeuse. It is so big that if you were at the distance same distance from the center of Betelgeuse as the Earth is from the center of our sun, you'd actually be under the surface of the star.
Yep, don’t fall in, it’ll take no less the 9.2 billion years.
It is also interesting that the circle is pointing at us.
It seems just as likely that we would see the side of it.
A lot of these are your postings, nice job!
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Something went KABLOOEY! long ago.
Ancient Alien Redneck:
Hold my Ethanol and watch this...........
The centripetal accretive force prevents the collective galactic movement towards the center.
The result is a loose ring the diameter of which is a function of the accretion
That, or some ancient alien civilization had a really bad day................
Larry Niven is still alive. Ask him.
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