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Letter: Perhaps the cosmic voids aren't so empty after all

Published 4 October 2023

From Stan Collins, Kendal, Cumbria, UK

If the lambda-CDM model of the universe doesn’t seem to be working, perhaps the reason is that one of its assumptions is wrong: that the distribution of galaxies is a cosmic web. It could equally be a cosmic foam, which would look much the same. The difference would be that the voids contain an active agent exerting pressure on the visible matter (23 September, p 16).

Issue no. 3459 published 7 October 2023

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