MNN.com reports that scientists have been baffled by a new cosmic discovery.
The sheer size of our universe is just about unfathomable, so you can
imagine the surprise that researchers must have experienced when they
recently discovered a structure within our known universe
that measures 5 billion light years across. That's more than one-ninth
the size of the entire observable universe, and by far the largest
structure ever discovered by Earth scientists.
The mysterious structure is so colossal that it could shatter our current understanding of how the universe operates in size and shape.
“If we are right, this structure contradicts the current models
of the universe,” said Lajos Balazs, lead author on the paper. “It was a huge surprise to find something this big – and we still don’t quite understand how it came to exist at all.”
Just what is this massive structure? It's not a single,
physical object, but rather a cluster of nine massive galaxies bound
together gravitationally, much like how our Milky Way is part of a
cluster of galaxies. It was discovered after researchers identified a
ring of nine gamma ray bursts (GRBs) that appeared to be at very similar
distances from us, each around 7 billion light years away.
GRBs are the brightest electromagnetic events known to occur in
the universe, caused by a supernova. Their detection typically indicates
the presence of a galaxy, so all of the GRBs in this ring are believed
to each come from a different galaxy. But their close proximity to one
another suggests that these galaxies must be linked together. There is
only a 1 in 20,000 probability of the GRBs being in this distribution by
chance.
A mega-cluster of this size shouldn't be possible, at least not
if you think in terms of our current theories. Those theories predict
that the universe ought to be relatively uniform on the largest scales,
meaning that the sizes of structures shouldn't vary by much. In fact,
the theoretical limit to structure size has been calculated at around
1.2 billion light years across.
If the Hungarian-American team's calculations are correct, then
this giant new structure-- which measures in at over 5 billion light
years across — would blow that classic model out of the water. In fact,
either the researchers' calculations are wrong on this, or scientists
will need to radically revise their theories on the evolution of the
cosmos.
This discovery
reminds us just how small our view of the universe really is and what it contains.
One can apply this new discovery to our recent discussion of our world being a simulation from higher species far, far, far away in space. If we are allowed to break through the fourth wall of our current illusion to find the reality of our existence, then this massive GRB, an electromagnetic event, could be the "projector" of all we know, understand and feel in our lives.
As Daniel observed, the electromagnetics of the island were "off." He could not explain it, but perhaps this was the focal point for the data stream from outside our world. In essence, the island would be the "router" of the illusion we call reality through our world. The light source is our planetary projector which provides us with all the elements of life.
But why would a higher intelligence beam an illusion to Earth? Perhaps, it is a method of augmented reality - - - overlaying additional information inside the heads of lower species. Whether that augmentation is supposed to help raise the consciousness of mankind or hinder its progress is a debate for another day. But it does fit into the notion that human beings, as biochemical computers, could be constantly fed "firmware" updates from their programmers (creators).