Somehow I feel that this discovery maybe the scientific validation of the vedic cosmology in that the universe ungergoes a periodic dissolution throughout its life, as in the night of Brahma. But then again I may be jumping the gun here. I am curious as to what the theory is about this phenomenon.
--- In [email protected], "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Gaping hole found in universe > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A giant hole in the Universe is devoid of > galaxies, stars and even lacks dark matter, astronomers said on Thursday. > > The team at the University of Minnesota said the void is nearly a > billion light-years across and they have no idea why it is there. > > "Not only has no one ever found a void this big, but we never even > expected to find one this size," said astronomy professor Lawrence > Rudnick. > > Writing in the Astrophysical Journal, Rudnick and colleagues Shea > Brown and Liliya Williams said they were examining a cold spot using > the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe satellite, and found the > giant hole. > > "We already knew there was something different about this spot in the > sky," Rudnick said. The region stood out as being colder in a survey > of the Cosmic Microwave Background -- the faint radio buzz left over > from the Big Bang that gave birth to the Universe. > > "What we've found is not normal, based on either observational studies > or on computer simulations of the large-scale evolution of the > Universe," Williams said in a statement. > > The astronomers said the region even appeared to lack dark matter, > which cannot be seen directly but is usually detected by measuring > gravitational forces. > > The void is in a region of sky in the constellation Eridanus, > southwest of Orion. > > http://tinyurl.com/27sdlf >
