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October 23, 2016

Cosmological Mystery Solved by Map of Voids and Superclusters
Portsmouth, UK (SPX) Oct 24, 2016
A team of astrophysicists at the University of Portsmouth have created the largest ever map of voids and superclusters in the universe, which helps solve a long-standing cosmological mystery. The map of the positions of cosmic voids - large empty spaces which contain relatively few galaxies - and superclusters - huge regions with many more galaxies than normal - can be used to measure the effect of dark energy 'stretching' the universe. The results confirm the predictions of Einstein's theory of g ... read more

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