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The universe is full of stars. But how are all the stars distributed? Are they all huddled together, like freezing people around a fire? Or are they sprinkled evenly, as raisins in bread? The short answer is: both! The longer answer is surprisingly complex.
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Bahr, B., Lemmer, B., Piccolo, R. (2016). Large Scale Structure of the Universe. In: Quirky Quarks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49509-4_26
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