Originally Posted by madman

here's an example where mainstream has altered its theory due to untenable results.

see attached image/s of the cmb.

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in the bottom right section of the image appears 2 features which forced a re-evaluation of the meaning of the cmb data.

the bright area marked "axis of evil"...and the dark area marked "eridanus void".

the juxtaposition of 2 large areas of such massively divergent flux levels could not be explained by the previous assumption of an "unaltered" view of the cmb.

the cmb should look homogenous at large angles, there should be no large dark areas suggesting "large voids"...similarly, there should be no large areas that are over-bright...and appearing to be "cluster-like".

still, this is the answer that has been accepted by mainstream as to the reason why we see such divergences.

the bright spots are actually due to intervening galaxies/clusters residing between the cmb and us and (supposedly) amplifying the light of said cmb...and the dark areas are held to be voids or areas where there are few if any galaxies (and the cmb light is therefore minimally amplified).

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so our new understanding of what we are seeing when we look at the bright areas (ie: the bulk of the image) is now substantially different to what it used to be.

we are looking at clusters and superclusters of galaxies arranged into huge walls and mega structures, billions of light years long...and only in the dark areas (such as eridanus void) do we approach the ability to look at the transmission of the cmb unaffected.