biggest thing in universe found - defies scientific theory

[bcbm]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/01/130111-quasar-biggest-thing-universe-science-space-evolution/

[l'Enfermé]

Apparently according to that guy in the comments, Allah predicted this in the Koran 1,400 years ago.

Science:
http://cache.ohinternet.com/images/b/b2/Slowpoke.gif

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Huh. So the universe isn't as homogeneous as previously thought.

This, along with stuff like dark flow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_flow), makes me seriously wonder about the larger-scale physical cosmology of the universe.

There's something utterly strange out there, I reckon.

[Ostrinski]

The universe is so big. It seems impossible for the human mind to really comprehend how gigantic it is.

[Hexen]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/01/130111-quasar-biggest-thing-universe-science-space-evolution/

That's not big enough...

[GerrardWinstanley]

So glad I'm not a theoretical physicist right now. :lol: Hope this doesn't mean too many people having to begin from the drawing board.

So if I understand correctly, conventional theory held that we can always expect a degree of homogeneity at a large enough scale. But conversely, if it's all randomness, wouldn't that make a structure this size merely improbable, not impossible?