This is so cool that I had to share it here - many thanks to Brian64 for bringing it to my attention. Mind you, this is another "out there" topic, so bear with me. ::
I will try to be brief. Basically, scientists have discovered the potentially earth shattering possibility that our very own solar system is "cosmically" aligned with the entire universe.
Here is a PDF written by Dragan Huterer, a theoretical cosmologist and a professor in the department of physics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that outlines the discovery:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~huterer/PRESS/CMB_Huterer.pdf
This was written back in 2007 and basically states that through the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), scientists have noticed something that shouldn't be - namely that our entire universe seems to be split into a "cold" portion and a "warm" section and that this split is miraculously aligned with our very own solar ecliptic.
According to our current theories of a "random" universe filled with countless galaxies, this simply should not, could not be. If true, it implies that our little solar system is cosmically very significant. This is an image from the PDF:
Picture Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly; multipole map: Dragan Huterer
There's a new documentary coming out this month on the topic - check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHPSH-PGw4
The Principle
And here is a shorter article that sums things up:
https://medium.com/we-are-in-a-special-place/the-principle-movie-8b99ee2d3466
What's especially interesting is that in the PDF linked at top, Huterer states that once we have a newer detailed map from the Planck Telescope, we should be able to prove whether or not this anomaly is really there. As mentioned, this article was written in 2007 and we now do have new information back from the Planck telescope and it actually confirms the earlier findings.
Scientists have labeled this the "Axis of Evil" because it has the potential to destroy our current understanding of the universe.
I will try to be brief. Basically, scientists have discovered the potentially earth shattering possibility that our very own solar system is "cosmically" aligned with the entire universe.
Here is a PDF written by Dragan Huterer, a theoretical cosmologist and a professor in the department of physics at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor that outlines the discovery:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~huterer/PRESS/CMB_Huterer.pdf
This was written back in 2007 and basically states that through the study of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), scientists have noticed something that shouldn't be - namely that our entire universe seems to be split into a "cold" portion and a "warm" section and that this split is miraculously aligned with our very own solar ecliptic.
According to our current theories of a "random" universe filled with countless galaxies, this simply should not, could not be. If true, it implies that our little solar system is cosmically very significant. This is an image from the PDF:
Picture Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly; multipole map: Dragan Huterer
There's a new documentary coming out this month on the topic - check out the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHPSH-PGw4
The Principle
And here is a shorter article that sums things up:
https://medium.com/we-are-in-a-special-place/the-principle-movie-8b99ee2d3466
What's especially interesting is that in the PDF linked at top, Huterer states that once we have a newer detailed map from the Planck Telescope, we should be able to prove whether or not this anomaly is really there. As mentioned, this article was written in 2007 and we now do have new information back from the Planck telescope and it actually confirms the earlier findings.
Scientists have labeled this the "Axis of Evil" because it has the potential to destroy our current understanding of the universe.