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A New, More Accurate Measurement for the Clumpiness of the Universe


gists are wrestling with an interesting question: how much clumpiness does the Universe have? There are competing but not compatible measurements of cosmic clumpiness and that introduces a "tension" between the differing measurements. It involves the amount and distribution of matter in the Universe.

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