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AI image recognition detects bubble-like structures in the universe

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110 points PaulHoule | 4 comments | 31 Mar 25 14:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.884s | source
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vintagedave ◴[02 Apr 25 10:10 UTC] No.43555208[source]▶
'Bubbles' could imply something like space-time changes, and in face a couple of comments speculatively / hopefully read them like this: [1], [2]

But they're (sadly?) much simpler: Spitzer bubbles 'are formed by radiation and winds from massive stars, which carve out holes within surrounding dust clouds.'

So really just the blast radius!

-- https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2013-05a1-bubbles-w...

I would _love_ it if either of both these comments were true, by the way. Space-time can be boring and restrictive. What if...? I love the idea of bubbles reflecting a smaller universe and what it might hint about FTL, for example, and I live in hope that we'll find abberations and abnormalities like this.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43552920

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43552713

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1. __MatrixMan__ ◴[02 Apr 25 15:31 UTC] No.43557816[source]▶
This notion appears in Death's End by Liu Cixin (sequel to the sequel to The Three Body problem).
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2. marcellus23 ◴[02 Apr 25 15:41 UTC] No.43557947[source]▶
What notion?
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3. aeve890 ◴[02 Apr 25 16:14 UTC] No.43558308[source]▶
Bubbles of expanding change in the structure of spacetime. Spoiler ahead. In the book, under the "Dark Forest" game theory setting, super advanced civilizations wipe lesser ones out in increasingly complex ways, for example, triggering a spacetime flattening in the target solar system, creating a bubble where s-t collapses into 2D. Also, scars in s-t when reckless young civilizations use FTL technology.
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4. __MatrixMan__ ◴[02 Apr 25 19:44 UTC] No.43560722{3}[source]▶
Exactly, I was suprised to find "Bubbles" and "FTL" as viewed through a telescope, and not have the conversation be about that story.