What are the largest structures in the Universe? On page 139, Einasto et al. report the latest attempt to elucidate the organization of the Universe on the 100-million-parsec scale, by looking at the three-dimensional distribution of galaxy clusters. Startlingly, they see hints of a pattern: although the data are sketchy and the interpretation depends on details of the catalogue of clusters used, the network of superclusters and voids seems to form a three-dimensional lattice with a size of ~120 h~(-1) Mpc (where h~(-1) is the Hubble constant in units of 100 km s~(-1) Mpc~(-1)).
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机译:宇宙中最大的结构是什么?在第139页,Einasto等人。报告通过研究星系团的三维分布,阐明了以1亿秒差距尺度阐明宇宙组织的最新尝试。令人惊讶的是,他们看到了某种模式的暗示:尽管数据是粗略的,并且解释取决于所使用星团的类别的细节,但超级团簇和空隙的网络似乎形成了一个约120 h〜( -1)Mpc(其中h〜(-1)是哈勃常数,单位为100 km s〜(-1)Mpc〜(-1))。
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