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OCR: HOMOG ENEOUS DISTRIBUTION galaxles apparent in a map that includes objects from 300 to 1,000 million light-years away The only inhomogeneity, gap near the center line, occurs because part of the sky is obscured by the Milky Way Michael Strauss of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J. created the map using data from NASA'S Infrared Astronomical Satellite To improve these estimates many astronomers are involved in intensive research to measure both the distances to galaxies and the density of the universe Estimates Of the expansion time provide an important test for the big bang model of the universe If the theory is correct ever ything in the visible universe should be younger than the expansion time computed from Hubble's law. These two timescales op appear to be in at least ...