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Ultra-Large Structure Discovered in Distant Space Defies Our Current Understanding of the Universe (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I thought everything was expanding and constantly moving apart? And wont the suns in those galaxies eventually burn out and collapse, turning into blackholes that will eventually fizzle out?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's true of any galaxies which aren't gravitationally bound. At closer distances (tens/hundreds of millions of light years) gravity wins out over the expansion of space and keeps things together. At larger distances, the expansion of space wins out and clusters of galaxies will drift apart faster and faster until the combined speed of them moving away and us moving away from them will exceed the speed of light and we'll never see those galaxies again.

Our neck of the woods is called the Local Group because scientists are bad at naming things and includes the Milky Way galaxy, and the Andromeda galaxy, as well as between 50 to 80 more galaxies.

As for the black holes, yes, eventually all that will be left are black holes for trillions of years until even those evaporate which is often called the "Heat Death" of the universe. That is just a theory, but if it's true, it won't happen for 1.07x10^106 years. Considering the universe is only 13.8 billion years old right now, that's a very, very, very long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Whaaat? Where can I read more of this expansion vs gravity struggle topic?