Does the universe behave the same way everywhere? Weak gravitational lensing could provide an answer
A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the assumption ...
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Does the universe behave the same way everywhere? Gravitational lenses could help us find out
A new study presents a methodology to test the assumption of cosmic homogeneity and isotropy, known as the Cosmological ...
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Gravitational Lenses: Key to Universal Behavior?
The cosmological principle is like an ultimate kind of statement of humility," explains James Adam, astrophysicist at the University of the Western ...
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Exploring the Universe’s True Shape: New Study Proposes Challenges to the Cosmological Principle
A new study proposes a way to use weak gravitational lensing data to test the long-held Cosmological Principle of the ...
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Meet Quipu, the largest object in the Universe
Astronomers have discovered what is believed to be the largest structure in the universe, more than 1.4 billion light-years across and containing seventy galactic superclusters. Our solar system is a ...
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...