Forty years of the Ellis-Baldwin test

Abstract

Modern cosmology is built on the assumption that the Universe is homogeneous and isotropic on large scales - but this is challenged by results of the Ellis-Baldwin test that show an unexplained anomaly in the distribution of distant galaxies and quasars.

arXiv comment5 pages, 1 figure; Invited Comment for Nature Reviews Physics

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