The End of Greatness
The “End of Greatness” is an observational scale discovered at roughly 100 Mpc (roughly 300 million lightyears) where the lumpiness seen in the large-scale structure of the universe is homogenized and isotropized as per the Cosmological Principle. The superclusters and filaments seen in smaller surveys are randomized to the extent that the smooth distribution of the universe is visually apparent. It wasn’t until the redshift surveys of the 1990s were completed that this scale could accurately be observed.
My found definition of the day and possibly the best named thing in the universe. Everything looks perfect from far away, as they say.
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