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Modern cosmology is based on the cosmological principle, which assumes that on large scales, matter is evenly distributed throughout the cosmos, with no preferred direction.
Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: If we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos. This is known as the cosmological principle.
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