The Ladder of Scale · structure
Homogeneity scale
Cosmological · 1.2 billion ly
- Within
- Observable universe
- Population
- the scale at which lumpiness stops
- Size (ly)
- 1200000000
- Kind
- Cosmological
Notes
Above about 250–370 megaparsecs the universe stops looking clumpy and starts looking the same everywhere — the assumption cosmology is built on, and a measurement rather than an article of faith.
Open on the The Ladder of Scale shelf — the interactive card, the filters, and everything alongside it.