#cosmology

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"Fundamental Ideas In Cosmology:
Part 2: Problems of the dark matter and dark energy"
🔗https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV11t421J7uA/?share_source=copy_web&vd_source=5009df3824dd04f143a13b9e46807680

Recorded at Purple Mountain Observatory, Nanjing (China) July 17th-19th, 2023.
Based on the book "Fundamental Ideas in Cosmology" by MartĂ­n LĂłpez-Corredoira.

🔗http://pmo.cas.cn/dqyd2019/djspxx2019/whhd2019/202404/t20240410_7089954.html

Einasto Supercluster: the new heavyweight contender in the universe

An international team of scientists led by astronomers from Observatory in has discovered many in the , with the most prominent among them named the ‘Einasto Supercluster’ in honour of Prof. Jaan Einasto, a pioneering figure in the field, who will celebrate his 95th on 23 February.

Happy birthday Dr Supercluster!

https://kosmos.ut.ee/en/content/einasto-supercluster-new-heavyweight-contender-universe

Very interesting paper by @govertschilling for Sky and Telescope, on the discovery of the Big Ring by @morninglopez et al., with quotes from Jim Peebles (“I am hoping for anomalies that could prove to be empirical hints to a better theory”), Carlos Frenk, and Rien van de Weijgaert.

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/astronomers-find-big-ring-1-3-billion-light-years-across/