Another Universe bumping ours

Hello,
Yet again another speculation that bright spots in the CMB indicate something

http://ift.tt/1JI0oGy

Quote:

We analyze the spectral properties of masked, foreground-cleaned Planck maps between 100 and 545 GHz. We find convincing evidence for residual excess emission in the 143 GHz band in the direction of CMB cold spots which is well correlated with corresponding emission at 100 GHz. The median residual 100 to 143 GHz intensity ratio is consistent with Galactic synchrotron emission with a Iν∝ν−0.69 spectrum. In addition, we find a small set of ~2-4 degree regions which show anomalously strong 143 GHz emission but no correspondingly strong emission at either 100 or 217 GHz. The signal to noise of this 143 GHz residual emission is at the ≳6σ level. We assess different mechanisms for this residual emission and conclude that although there is a 30\% probability that noise fluctuations may cause foregrounds to fall within 3σ of the excess, it could also possibly be due to the collision of our Universe with an alternate Universe whose baryon to photon ratio is a factor of ∼65 larger than ours. The dominant systematic source of uncertainty in the conclusion remains residual foreground emission from the Galaxy which can be mitigated through narrow band spectral mapping in the millimeter bands by future missions and through deeper observations at 100 and 217 GHz.

All over the nerdosphere this day.

Seems to be a presumptive conclusion

via International Skeptics Forum http://ift.tt/1Moieo3