We thought that space was a flat, Euclidean entity, unaffected by the distribution of matter and energy within it.
"There was a worry that the light in the sky was not faithfully tracing the distribution of matter.
Schaye, J. Model-independent insights into the nature of the Lyα forest and the distribution of matter in the Universe.
It will do this by skimming the cloud tops every orbit to measure the distribution of matter inside the planet.
Wherever you were in the early universe, you would see a homogeneous, even, distribution of matter and energy around you.
This is caused by the uneven distribution of matter – including invisible dark matter – throughout the universe, which distorts images of distant galaxies.
These include measurements of particles in colliders, of the distribution of matter in the galaxy, of the cosmic microwave background, and more.
Dr. Szalay said the observed distribution of matter in the universe reinforced the current model of a low-density universe that is expanding at an accelerating rate.
Primitive extraterrestrial objects provide means to trace back the primordial composition and radial distribution of matter in this disk.
2dFGRS, by contrast, looked at the distribution of matter over the past 2 billion years.Comparing the two shows how much gravitational collapse has happened.
Mach's principle, in cosmology, hypothesis that the inertial forces experienced by a body in nonuniform motion are determined by the quantity and distribution of matter in the universe.
