The Mystery of Great Cosmic Voids



Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2011

by Josh Greenberger

Scientists have been discovering voids in space that are billions of light-years across. One huge void found in 2009 is a mystifying 3.5 billion light-years across. Now, this may not seem like a big deal. But when you consider that the visible universe stretches only 13.5 billion light-years in any direction, a void 3.5 billion light-years across is about a quarter of the visible universe. That's a lot of empty space.

But, this may still not seem like a big deal to you. So here's the big deal, and the real deal: there hasn't been enough time since the big bang for such large voids to form. Now, that's a problem.

The mystery is described on NewScientist.com, April 4th, 2009, in an article entitled "New cosmic map reveals colossal structures:"

Scientists "found some enormous voids -- regions of space that are relatively empty, including one that is about 3.5 billion light years across ... the newly found void is so large that it is difficult to fit into our present understanding of the universe on the largest scales. Computer simulations show that gravity causes galaxies and galaxy clusters to get closer together over time, with voids growing between the clusters.

"But the finite time available since the big bang makes it difficult to explain a void as large as the one found in this survey ... It's not easy to make voids that large in any of the current models of large scale structure formation," said John Huchra of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

So, what's the answer?

Well, although scientists sometimes have a way of tweaking out an "answer" where there is none, like the against-all-odds inflation theory that is conjured up to explain inexplicable developments following the big bang, which is a whole other topic, there really is no answer to how the finite time since the big bang could have created such huge voids.

But the voids are there and they're not going away. And the big bang is here, and it doesn't "get along" with huge voids. Houston, we have a problem.

Well, if the voids aren't going away, is it possible the big bang may have to? That's a distinct possibility. The big bang may have to give way to my new theory called the V-Bang (V-Bang.org).

My new book, "The V-Bang," resolves many of the greatest cosmological mysteries, including the great voids. It is an entirely new theory of how the universe began, and is supported by far more current and past observations than the big bang. The big bang has over the years presented us with more questions than answers. V-Bang.org presents the answers -- and leaves very few questions.

by Josh Greenberger V-Bang.org
Josh Greenberger is the author of the book "The V-Bang", which addresses the following issues:

How did the universe begin?

Where did all the matter in the universe come from?

Why is the universe expanding faster and faster?

Galaxies are spinning too fast for their size.

Why aren't they flying apart?

Space is teeming with particles that pop in and out of existence.

Where do they come from?

The V-Bang is the only treatise that answers all of the above in one comprehensive theory. It's available on Amazon.com, BarnesNoble.com and V-Bang.org

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» left by Christofer French
 323 days 9 hours ago.
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Knock me over with this new (realization, concept, theory, thing, way of seeing what's there, don't know what to call it), but I am going straight to your web site. Looking forward to lots of new articles springing from you.
» left by Josh Greenberger 321 days 22 hours ago.
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Thanks for the nice words.

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