{"id":116999,"date":"2024-10-22T08:49:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T01:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116999"},"modified":"2024-10-22T08:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T01:49:47","slug":"our-universe-may-be-much-larger-than-we-ever-imagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116999","title":{"rendered":"Our Universe May Be Much Larger Than We Ever Imagined"},"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 id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_699240\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699240\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-699240\" src=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/milky-way-james-webb-2.png\" alt=\"The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s reveals a portion of the Milky Way\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/milky-way-james-webb-2.png 750w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/milky-way-james-webb-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699240\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-699240\" src=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/milky-way-james-webb-2.png\" alt=\"The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s reveals a portion of the Milky Way\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/milky-way-james-webb-2.png 750w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/milky-way-james-webb-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-699240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s reveals a portion of the Milky Way. (Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and S. Crowe \u2013 University of Virginia)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s common knowledge that our planet is part of the <strong>Milky Way<\/strong>, and that our galaxy is just a small part of the universe. But an international team of researchers guided by astronomers from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy is making us rethink just how large that universe may be.<\/p>\n<p>After studying the movements of 56,000 galaxies, they&#8217;ve determined that our neighborhood is much larger than we originally thought. This team, called <strong>Cosmicflows<\/strong>, already determined 10 years ago that the Milky Way is situated in a basin called <strong>Lani\u0101kea.<\/strong> This massive basin, which means \u201cimmense heaven\u201d in Hawaiian, stretches 500 million light-years across. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41550-024-02370-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new research<\/a> shows that there is a strong possibility that we are located in a much larger structure that could be up to 10 times bigger.<\/p>\n<p>They believe that the Milky Way is centered on something called the Shapley concentration, a region with an incredible amount of mass and gravitational pull.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur universe is like a giant web, with galaxies lying along filaments and clustering at nodes where gravitational forces pull them together,\u201d shares University of Hawaii astronomer R. Brent Tully, one of the study\u2019s lead researchers. \u201cJust as water flows within watersheds, galaxies flow within cosmic basins of attraction. The discovery of these larger basins could fundamentally change our understanding of cosmic structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If the Milky Way is really located inside this much larger structure, it completely changes the current models that astronomers use to trace the development of our universe 13 billion years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis discovery presents a challenge: our cosmic surveys may not yet be large enough to map the full extent of these immense basins,\u201d explains University of Hawaii astronomer and co-author Ehsan Kourkchi. \u201cWe are still gazing through giant eyes, but even these eyes may not be big enough to capture the full picture of our universe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But just how can astronomers determine whether or not these enormous structures, called basins of attractions, exist? They look at the motions of galaxies. Any galaxy caught between two large basins will be pulled into a gravitational tug-of-war that will greatly impact its movements. The team determined the location of these superstructures by evaluating the velocity of neighboring galaxies.<\/p>\n<p>As they continue on their journey to map the cosmos, they hope to demonstrate that our universe is more expansive and interconnected than we could ever imagine.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Astronomers have been mapping galaxies in our universe and have discovered that the cosmos might be much bigger than we realize.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_699243\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699243\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-699243\" src=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos.jpg\" alt=\"Galaxy motions converge into colored basins of attraction. The Milky Way is shown as the red dot.\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-699243\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-699243\" src=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos.jpg\" alt=\"Galaxy motions converge into colored basins of attraction. The Milky Way is shown as the red dot.\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/university-hawaii-cosmos-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-699243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Galaxy motions converge into colored basins of attraction. The Milky Way is shown as the red dot. (Photo: University of Hawaii)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Basins of Attraction in the Local Universe\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xleH4wCyQtQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>h\/t: [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iflscience.com\/our-galaxy-appears-to-be-part-of-structure-so-large-it-challenges-our-models-of-cosmology-76252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IFL Science<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Articles<\/span>:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/water-on-mars-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientists Discover Possible Ocean of Water Beneath Mars\u2019 Surface<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"noskim\" href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/lunar-magma-ocean\/\">Scientists Discover New Evidence That a Magma Ocean Once Covered the Moon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"noskim\" href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/eso-milky-way-map\/\">Detailed Milky Way Map Shows Hidden Parts of Our Galaxy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"noskim\" href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/earth-mini-moon-2024-pt5\/\">Earth Is Temporarily Getting a \u201cMini-Moon\u201d That Will Orbit Our Planet for the Next Two Months<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\nwindow.addEventListener( 'load', function() {setTimeout( function() {\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s);}, 2600 );} );}(window,document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '438929739853889');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/university-hawaii-galaxy-mapping\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) instrument on NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope\u2019s reveals a portion of the Milky Way. (Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and S. Crowe \u2013 University of Virginia) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116999\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8628],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}