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One of the current important pillars cosmology may begin to tremble. A learning published in Nature has found evidence that the environment they will not behave the same in all directions on large visible scales.
Francesco Sylos Labini, director of physics research at the Enrico Fermi Research Center in Italy, said: “What we found are giant galaxies and walls of galaxies that remain connected and interconnected for billions of light-years,” said Francesco Sylos Labini, director of physics research at the Enrico Fermi Research Center in Italy and lead author of the study.
What Should Nature Look Like?
In explaining his findings, Sylos uses an analogy that is much simpler than any math. Imagine a map of the universe where each galaxy is represented by a single point. He explains that if the sky is the same on very large scales, there must come a time when the map looks the same in all directions. Like a picture viewed from a distance, the details gradually become blurred until only a uniform image remains.
But that’s not what Sylos and his partner Marco Galoppo found.
Sylos said: “The idea that the universe is uniform on very large scales allows us to explain this using simple mathematics. Their observations, however, show that the real universe may be more stable and orderly than this picture suggests.”
In other words, the organization of this vast cosmic network does not cease as more and more areas of the universe are explored. Instead of slowly disappearing into formless space, the largest objects in the universe have recognizable scales even on scales that, according to the nature of nature, should never be seen again.
No Cosmic Arrow But a Fixed Pattern
The researchers emphasize, however, that this finding requires important qualification. This does not mean that nature has one favorite tip.
“We’re not saying there’s one side to the universe that we’re going to like, like there’s an arrow going through space,” Sylos said. “What we’ve found is very subtle.”
Instead, the team found a series of patterns in the distribution of galaxies that extend over very large distances.
As the energy of the universe increases, the galaxies should become indistinguishable from the same color, similar to the blurred image in the original image. “In fact, as we develop our ideas, new structures continue to emerge,” says Sylos. “Instead of turning toward symmetry, the cosmic web remains a progressively larger structure.”
The conclusion is the culmination of twenty years of research. Since the early 2000s, Sylos has sought to answer a question that has rarely been attempted: how do we know that the universe is uniform and isotropic on sufficiently large scales? (An isotropic medium has the same shape in all directions.)
