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http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14200-galaxy-map-hints-at-fractal-universe.html?feedId=space_rss20 (http://space.newscientist.com/article/dn14200-galaxy-map-hints-at-fractal-universe.html?feedId=space_rss20)
 
Is the matter in the universe arranged in a fractal pattern? A new study of nearly a million galaxies suggests it is ? though there are no well-accepted theories to explain why that would be so.
 
Cosmologists trying to reconstruct the entire history of the universe have precious few clues from which to work. One key clue is the distribution of matter throughout space, which has been sculpted for nearly 14 billion years by the competing forces of gravity and cosmic expansion. If there is a pattern in the sky, it encodes the secrets of the universe.

How utterly exciting !  The capacity of the tiny human mind to reach out to the extremities of our Universe, and in effect,  to 'contain' it,  is just...boggling!  I doubt we'll ever find the answers to LTUAE but oh Gosh, what an adventure!