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Something is wrong with the cosmic distance ladder. Space is anisotropic, or gravity interacts with itself somehow. The distances are not what they seem to be.
by atemerev 4y ago
Something is wrong with the cosmic distance ladder. Space is anisotropic, or gravity interacts with itself somehow. The distances are not what they seem to be. I think this will eventually be the solution to the galaxy rotation / dark matter problem.
- zmgsabst 4y agoOur who claim that things are isotopic seems in conflict with what we see: https://www.quantamagazine.org/asymmetry-detected-in-the-distribution-of-galaxies-20221205/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/asymmetry-detected-in-the-dis... https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280743-enormous-strands-of-galaxies-in-the-cosmic-web-appear-to-be-spinning/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2280743-enormous-strand... Personally, I think this is strong evidence that primordial anyons were inflated — and we’ve failed to account for the energy these stored from inflation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anyon