Large-scale structure in the Universe

@article{Kashlinsky1991LargescaleSI,
  title={Large-scale structure in the Universe},
  author={Alexander Kashlinsky and Bernard J. T. Jones},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1991},
  volume={349},
  pages={753-760}
}
A variety of observations constrain models of the origin of large-scale cosmic structures. Enough observational data have accumulated to constrain (and perhaps determine) the power spectrum of primordial density fluctuations over a very large range of scales, independently of the particular cosmogonical theory assumed. Observations in the near future should be able to weed out many such theories. 
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