{"id":115392,"date":"2024-10-18T02:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115392"},"modified":"2024-10-18T02:09:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T19:09:16","slug":"the-milky-way-could-be-part-of-a-much-larger-cosmic-neighborhood-than-we-realized-challenging-our-understanding-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115392","title":{"rendered":"The Milky Way could be part of a much larger &#8216;cosmic neighborhood&#8217; than we realized, challenging our understanding of the universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"article-body\">\n<p>The region of the universe we live in may be significantly bigger than we thought. A new study reveals that the intergalactic supercluster holding the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/milky-way\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/milky-way\"><u>Milky Way<\/u><\/a> may be part of an even bigger &#8220;basin of attraction&#8221; that&#8217;s up to 10 times larger than the one we currently call home.<\/p>\n<p>The universe is full of basins of attraction (BOAs) \u2014 regions within which everything is being pulled inward by the gravity of a massive object. BOAs can stack inside one another like nesting dolls. For example, the moon circles Earth, which in turn <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/planets\/how-many-times-has-earth-orbited-the-sun\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/planets\/how-many-times-has-earth-orbited-the-sun\"><u>orbits the sun<\/u><\/a> along with the rest of the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/solar-system\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/solar-system\">solar system<\/a>, which is itself <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/cosmology\/how-many-times-has-the-sun-traveled-around-the-milky-way\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/cosmology\/how-many-times-has-the-sun-traveled-around-the-milky-way\"><u>spiraling around the supermassive black hole<\/u><\/a> at the heart of our galaxy.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<p>But the story <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/does-the-milky-way-orbit-anything\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/does-the-milky-way-orbit-anything\"><u>doesn&#8217;t end there<\/u><\/a>. The next layer of the BOA doll is the Local Group, which includes the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/milky-way\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/tag\/milky-way\">Milky Way<\/a>, the Andromeda Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy, along with their smaller satellite galaxies such as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. After that, the next layers are the Virgo Cluster, which holds around 2,000 galaxies, and the larger Virgo Supercluster. The final known layer is Lani\u0101kea (meaning &#8220;immense heaven&#8221; in the Hawaiian language) \u2014 a supercluster first discovered in 2014, which holds around 100,000 galaxies and spans roughly 500 million <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/56115-what-is-a-light-year.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/56115-what-is-a-light-year.html\"><u>light-years<\/u><\/a> across.<\/p>\n<p>But in the new study, published Sept. 27 in the journal <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=92X1588396&amp;xcust=space_us_1337034369935402269&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41550-024-02370-0&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Fspace%2Fcosmology%2Fthe-milky-way-could-be-part-of-a-much-larger-cosmic-neighborhood-than-we-realized-challenging-our-understanding-of-the-universe\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-024-02370-0\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"skimlinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/go.redirectingat.com\/?id=92X1588396&amp;xcust=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nature.com%2Farticles%2Fs41550-024-02370-0&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Fspace%2Fcosmology%2Fthe-milky-way-could-be-part-of-a-much-larger-cosmic-neighborhood-than-we-realized-challenging-our-understanding-of-the-universe\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"SkimLinks - nature.com\" data-merchant-id=\"undefined\" data-merchant-url=\"undefined\" data-merchant-network=\"undefined\"><u>Nature Astronomy<\/u><\/a>, researchers analyzed the relative movements of more than 56,000 galaxies to create a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-100134081-14424604?sid=space-us-1455707035263413934&amp;url=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/963076278\/4d5ed63fd6\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/963076278\/4d5ed63fd6\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-100134081-14424604?sid=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;url=https:\/\/vimeo.com\/963076278\/4d5ed63fd6\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-merchant-name=\"vimeo.com\" data-merchant-id=\"5177\" data-merchant-url=\"vimeo.com\" data-merchant-network=\"CJ\"><u>3D &#8220;probabilistic&#8221; map<\/u><\/a> of all the BOAs surrounding the Milky Way. This revealed that there is a decent chance <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/milky-way.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/milky-way.html\"><u>our home galaxy<\/u><\/a> is part of an even larger BOA \u2014 the Shapley Concentration \u2014 that has a volume up to 10 times greater than Lani\u0101kea. (Scientists already knew the Shapley Concentration existed but did not previously believe it impacted the Milky Way.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/largest-objects-in-universe.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/largest-objects-in-universe.html\"><u><strong>Cosmic record holders: The 12 biggest objects in the universe<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1600px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"A 2D representation of the new map. We see splotches of yellow in a circular shape against a purple background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/bp2ofXLN9JPvrdude8encF.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">The new map helps us better define our place in the cosmos. (This image is a 2D version of the map.) <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Valade et al. 2024)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It is perhaps unsurprising that the further into the cosmos we look, we find that our home supercluster is more connected and more extensive than we thought,&#8221; study co-author <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aip.de\/en\/members\/noam-libeskind\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.aip.de\/en\/members\/noam-libeskind\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Noam Libeskind<\/u><\/a>, a cosmologist at the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam in Germany, said in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aip.de\/en\/news\/cosmography-mega-structures\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.aip.de\/en\/news\/cosmography-mega-structures\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;Discovering that there is a good chance that we are part of a much larger structure is exciting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, the researchers \u2014 most of whom were involved in the discovery of Lani\u0101kea \u2014 believe there is a 60% chance that the Milky Way resides in the Shapley Concentration. The uncertainty is largely caused by high error rates in measuring the speeds of distant galaxies, as well as the presence of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/dark-matter.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/dark-matter.html\"><u>dark matter<\/u><\/a> between galaxies, which can exert massive gravitational effects across large regions of space without being visible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-LcA6qyUqey6cnG27u2t2SR\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-LcA6qyUqey6cnG27u2t2SR slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the world\u2019s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If true, the new findings could also mean that the Milky Way is not part of Lani\u0101kea and that the heavenly supercluster might not even exist. Instead, it could just be an outer section of the Shapley Concentration, the researchers wrote in the statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1600px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-320-80.jpg\" alt=\"A labeled map of different basins of attraction\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/kZdMavy5kNXfeWa93rUmaF.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">At least 15 different basins of attraction (BOAs) are highlighted in the new map. <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Valade et al. 2024)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The map shows dozens of objects spread out across billions of light-years around the Shapley Concentration, such as the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/south-pole-wall-discovered-in-space.html\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/south-pole-wall-discovered-in-space.html\"><u>South Pole Wall<\/u><\/a>, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/mysterious-fossilized-bubble-10000-times-the-size-of-the-milky-way-could-be-a-relic-from-the-big-bang\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/space\/astronomy\/mysterious-fossilized-bubble-10000-times-the-size-of-the-milky-way-could-be-a-relic-from-the-big-bang\"><u>Bo\u00f6tes Void<\/u><\/a> and the Perseus-Pisces Supercluster. The largest BOA on the map is the Sloan Great Wall, which stretches around 1.4 billion light-years across.<\/p>\n<p>While the new map helps us to better pinpoint our place in the wider universe, it also raises the possibility that we could be missing even more information, the researchers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This discovery presents a challenge: our cosmic surveys may not yet be large enough to map the full extent of these immense basins,&#8221; study co-author <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=cYD-uLkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=cYD-uLkAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Ehsan Kourkchi<\/u><\/a>, an astronomer at the University of Hawai&#8217;i, said in another <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/27\/cosmic-neighborhood-may-be-10x-larger\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/27\/cosmic-neighborhood-may-be-10x-larger\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>statement<\/u><\/a>. &#8220;We are still gazing through giant eyes, but even these eyes may not be big enough to capture the full picture of our universe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>You can check out an interactive version of the new map below. The differently colored blobs represent different basins of attraction (light yellow is the Shapley Concentration, blue is Lani\u0101kea and red is the Sloan Great Wall). 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