Talk:Large-scale structure of the cosmos
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Next paragraph in italics was removed from the main text because it seems confused. The fact that they are no nearby quasars is probably not a property of the structure of the cosmos, and as far as I know they aren't known to cluster more at large distances. Quasar statistics are *very* difficult to do.
- Another indicator is the quasars themselves. A quasar ('quasi-stellar object') looks like a star but if estimates of their distance are correct then they are each many billions of times brighter than any star, and up to 1000 times brighter than ane entire giant galaxy. There is no quasar within 2 billion light years of earth, but they apparently cluster more thickly at greater distances, leading to speculation that they are a phenomenon of the early universe and that most of them have recently 'gone out', though in that case there ought to be some remnants of them to be discovered.
The last paragraph is very confusing. I tried to clean it up a little but it's not enough. I don't know what the author is trying to say so I don't want to rewrite it; which is what it needs.