Our Galaxy May Be Sitting Inside an Invisible Flat World
Scientists are exploring a wild idea that our galaxy could be embedded within a vast, invisible cosmic structure. Some theories suggest the Milky Way may lie inside a flattened region shaped by hidden forces we can’t directly observe. This concept connects to mysterious distributions of matter and unusual galactic alignments seen across deep space. If true, it could challenge how we understand the large-scale structure of the universe. Watch now to uncover why our place in space might be far stranger than it seems.
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Tiny Dark Matter Clumps: By NASA, ESA, A. Nierenberg, T. Treu, JPL, https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA23410
NGC galaxies: By NASA/CXC/U. Ohio/T.Statler & S.Diehl; DSS - https://chandra.si.edu/photo/2006/galaxies, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandra_X-ray_Image_%26_DSS_Optical_Image_of_NGC_galaxies_(2006-galaxies).webm
2MASS LSS chart: By IPAC/Caltech, by Thomas Jarrett - http://spider.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/jarrett/papers/LSS/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2344799
Nasa-dark flow-large: By NASA/Goddard/A. Kashlinsky, et al. - http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/releases/2010/10-023.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19236659
Dark Flow: By NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/7JSTnf, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69016780
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Galaxy Collision Animation: By James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) / YouTube, NCSA/NASA/B. Robertson (Caltech) and L. Hernquist (Harvard Univ.), https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galaxy_Collision_Animation-_James_Webb_Space_Telescope_Science.webm
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Hubble Space Telescope Flies: By NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Scientific Visualization Studio - https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?10117, https://flic.kr/p/7H2dA5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hubble_Space_Telescope_Flies.ogv
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HSCSDMmap2018: By Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey - https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2018/october/dark-matter-survey.html, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=112844119
Great Attractor and Norma Wall: By Meli thev, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150676498
Laniakea with Galaktika: By Ivanov - https://spacegid.com/superklaster-laniakeya.html, https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0880, nature video / YouTube, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80352037
07-Laniakea: By Andrew Z. Colvin, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=71065242
Milky Way Globalny: By Olo-2135, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154503548
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Milky Way: By ESO/S. Brunier - https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0932a/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9559670
expected dark matter distribution: By ESO/L. Calçada - http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1217a/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26366780
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