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Originally Posted by Robh
From recollection, one of the ideas going around was that the Universe consisted of an infinite number of such voids. A bit like bubbles in a bottle of lemonade. So, it is not that unbelievable that we should be near the centre of one of these infinity of bubbles. If the research indicates that this is not the case then it eliminates this model.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ng...urces_who.html
Regards, Rob. |
That was the idea. You had these voids with the galaxies and such surrounding the outsides of the voids like in a soap bubble. Within the voids themselves, there was stuff all of anything...virtual no gas or dust except for what was contained within the few galaxies that appeared to reside there. However, when viewed on the largest of scales, the voids and the walls blended in pretty much seamlessly to produce an isotropic and homogeneous distribution of matter and energy across the Universe, thereby upholding the CP. Given that there are/were an infinity of these voids and walls of galaxies across the universe, finding oneself in the centre of one of these voids, or even on the outskirts of one, would not be out of the question. However, if the interpretations of this paper are correct, then we have to reappraise the void/bubble model or abandon it entirely depending on the outcome of further observations and theory.
It's cutting it a little fine, given that there are demonstrably measurable voids present in the universe. Observations have shown this. But that's not to say that the present theory is entirely correct. Half a dozen or so voids does not an universe make
