According to a tenet scientists call the cosmological principle, our place in space is in no way exceptional. But recent observations could overturn this long-held assumption ...

A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the assumption of cosmic homogeneity and isotropy, known as the Cosmological Principle ...

Part of the confusion comes from an ambiguous definition of the cosmological principle, says Alexia Lopez at the University of Central Lancashire in the UK.

The structure’s new size estimate is causing fresh headaches for standard cosmological models, as it appears even larger than the previous high estimate of about 9.8 billion light-years.

Thus, some astronomers believe that the challenge of the cosmological principle is a statistical problem, while others believe that the cosmological principle needs to be reconsidered.

The Cosmological Principle states that when the universe is viewed on vast scales, it should be made of the same stuff in all directions.

According to the Cosmological Principle, not only are we not at the center of the Universe, but a true center does not exist.

One of the great scientific revolutions began with Copernicus, who opined that we occupied no special place in the Universe. As our view of the Universe expanded, we developed the cosmological ...

The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology and has been confirmed many times by observations and computer models. It states that the universe looks the same from every location ...

This, Verde explains, is what scientists call the "cosmological principle"—and it includes the tenet that the universe is statistically uniform and the same when measured in different directions.

The Cosmological Principle sets an upper limit of 1.2 billion light-years on the size of any structures – a limit that the Big Ring blatantly disregards.