Australian Study Backs Major Assumption of Cosmology

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 17, 2012 @04:40AM from the if-you've-seen-250-million-light-years-of-it-you've-seen-it-all dept.

cylonlover writes "In mankind's attempts to gain some understanding of this marvelous place in which we live, we have slowly come to accept some principles to help guide our search. One such principle is that the Universe, on a large enough scale, is homogeneous, meaning that one part looks pretty much like another. Recent studies by a group of Australian researchers have established that, on sizes greater than about 250 million light years (Mly), the Universe is indeed statistically homogeneous, thereby reinforcing this cosmological principle."

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Aliens? Probably. by Squeebee · 2012-09-17 05:01 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Aliens who visit us, dismember our cattle and probe us? No.
Extra-solar planets with intelligent life? Probably. Given the sheer size of the universe and the number of solar systems and planets there are quite likely some out there with intelligent life (within range of detection is a different matter). Given enough rolls of the dice you're bound to hit on any given combination more than once.