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Do the Magnetic Fields in Galaxies Have an Affect on the Expansion of the Universe?

We can measure the magnetic fields in galaxies using a number of observational techniques, including measurements of the polarization…

You are correct. Due to the “universal speed limit” for the transport of information in the universe, the speed…

There are a number of “voids” in the universe, which are regions which have comparatively few galaxies within them,…

The gravitational force has a distance dependence to it that makes it decrease as you get further away from…

The observed expansion of our universe allows us to see galaxies as they were when our universe was younger. …

Question: Although there are just a few types of galaxies (spiral, elliptic, irregular) why are there so many different…

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