Supervoids vs Colliding Universes! | Space Time
Could the mysterious Cold Spot found in the CMB be the result of a collision with a bubble universe? Try 23andMe at http://23andme.com/spacetime ...
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MATT O'DOWD: This episode is supported by 23andMe.If you study a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB,you may notice a large deep blue splotch on the lower right.This is the cold spot.Is this feature a statistical fluke, the signatureof vast supervoids, or even the imprint of another universe?Is that giant cold spot in the cosmic microwave backgroundreally evidence of a collision with another universe?That's what all the media hype is saying, which means,it's time for another Space Time Journal Club to sort it out.Today, we're going to talk about a fascinating new publicationby McKinsey et al., 2017, titled,"Evidence Against a Super Void Causing the CMB Cold Spot".First the name, evidence against a supervoid.The leading explanation for the cold spotwas t...
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MATT O'DOWD: This episode is supported by 23andMe.If you study a map of the Cosmic Microwave Background, or CMB,you may notice a large deep blue splotch on the lower right.This is the cold spot.Is this feature a statistical fluke, the signatureof vast supervoids, or even the imprint of another universe?Is that giant cold spot in the cosmic microwave backgroundreally evidence of a collision with another universe?That's what all the media hype is saying, which means,it's time for another Space Time Journal Club to sort it out.Today, we're going to talk about a fascinating new publicationby McKinsey et al., 2017, titled,"Evidence Against a Super Void Causing the CMB Cold Spot".First the name, evidence against a supervoid.The leading explanation for the cold spotwas t...
