There is something strange about our universe, scientists find after mapping the cosmos
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Our universe is much more "homogenous" than would be expected, scientists have said after producing a detailed map of matter in the cosmos. The findings could suggest that there is something deeply strange about our understanding of the universe, which could require a new kind of physics or fundamentally alter our understanding of dark matter. The new results come from the Kilo-Degree Survey, or KiDS, which uses the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope to map the distribution of matter across our universe. Astronomers around the world are also launching new projects to map the distribution of matter – and dark matter – through the universe, which could shed light on the current findings as well as potentially offering some explanation for them.
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