Scientists Refine Earth’s Location in the Universe to A Massive Cosmic Void
Earth may not be in the center of the Universe, but it is in the middle of a massive cosmic void.
Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus shocked the world in the 16th century when he announced that Earth is not the center of the universe. While such claims were considered blasphemous at the time, research since then has only confirmed that Earth really isn’t all that special in the grand scheme of things.
Obviously, it’s invaluable to us as a species, yet research suggests that roughly 10 percent of the septillion-or-so stars in our universe have an orbiting planet similar to Earth.
Still, recent scientific advancements are renewing the fluster Copernicus caused hundreds of years ago by announcing that Earth may not be in the center of the universe, but it does appear to be in the middle of a massive cosmic void.
The Standard Model of Cosmology
Before I get to the fun bit, it’ll be helpful to review a couple of things, like the standard model of cosmology.
Isaac Newton argued in his 1687 book Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy that the motions of planets and stars could be explained by…
