For a long time, scientists have believed that the universe looks the same no matter where you are or which direction you ...

A new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the ...

Credit: SISSA Medialab The Cosmological Principle, which postulates that the universe is homogeneous and isotropic, is at the heart of our current understanding of the cosmos. However, some recent ...

A further assumption, similar to but distinct and independent from homogeneity, is that the universe is also isotropic, meaning it has no preferred directions. These assumptions underlie the Standard ...

This is critical because so-called isotropic fusion plasmas suggest a stable, thermal plasma that can be scaled to higher fusion energy gains, whereas anisotropic plasmas, those emitting irregular ...

If scientists confirm an anisotropic expansion, it would challenge the assumption that the universe has no preferred directions.

A new study proposes a way to use weak gravitational lensing data to test the long-held Cosmological Principle of the ...