A recent deep space discovery is calling into question
scientific assumptions that have been taken for granted for
generations. The scale of one Large Quasar Group (LQG) is
massive — in fact, scientists estimate its size at approximately
four billion light years across. But even more significantly, it
also appears to be unique, and thus fundamentally challenges the
assumption that the universe is homogeneous, lacking any
substantial variation in observable phenomena wherever one may
happen to look. According to an article for Reuters, researchers
from Britain's University of Central Lancashire published their
discovery in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical
Society earlier this month. According to the society, “Since
1982 it has been known that quasars tend to group together in
clumps or 'structures' of surprisingly large sizes, forming
large quasar groups or LQGs.” Quasars are the brightest known
objects in the universe, and thus the existence of such large
clusters of quasars is a matter of partic