The MUSE Extremely Deep Field

[antosarai]

For the first time, several filaments of the 'cosmic web' have been directly observed...
Did you see it?

https://www.cnrs.fr/en/first-images-cos ... f-galaxies
MUSE, The Cosmic Time Machine -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fh2Y6Zyhwc

[jackokie]

antosarai:

From the article:

"Although the filaments of gas in which galaxies are born have long been predicted by cosmological models..."

"The filamentary structure of hydrogen gas in which galaxies form, known as the cosmic web, is one of the major predictions of the model of the Big Bang and of galaxy formation..."

I'm no expert on the Big Bang, but I don't recall any expectations of filaments, just gravity pulling dust together. Did I miss something?

[antosarai]

I'm no expert on the Big Bang,...

Neither am I.

but I don't recall any expectations of filaments, just gravity pulling dust together. Did I miss something?

Probably, yes.

[jacmac]

filaments of gas

And they really don't like the PLASMA word.

[BeAChooser]

I'm no expert on the Big Bang, but I don't recall any expectations of filaments, just gravity pulling dust together. Did I miss something?

I distinctly remember discussions I had with Big Bang proponents in the mid 90s over at JREF (now International Skeptics Forum) where they ridiculed the notion that plasma filaments were ubiquitous (Alfven's prediction). It wasn't until Hubble started showing images of large scale filaments that the mainstream began to accept the idea that there might be filaments out there, but even then they ignored the likely real cause and placed all their bets on bogus dark matter computer models (i.e., garbage in garbage out).

[Earl Sinclair]

They'll modify their theory ( under extreme duress ), rename "dark matter" to "ether" and "black holes" to, well, something cooler than "plasmoid" - and claim they were on the right track all along.


Earl

[crawler]

They'll modify their theory ( under extreme duress ), rename "dark matter" to "ether" and "black holes" to, well, something cooler than "plasmoid" - and claim they were on the right track all along.Earl

The correct theory will certainly involve aether.
And if plasmoids exist then they too will involve aether.
Aether gives us everything in the universe.