Quote (Voyaging @ Aug 17 2012 12:03am)
What does Arp have to say about the isotropic distribution across the sky of distant gamma-ray bursts and supernovae? The cosmic microwave background?
Well, all stars are not distributed isotropically but rather fractally. Gamma rays can issue from AGN (Active Galactic Nuclei) or quasars that are ejected from AGN's.
"Galaxies are not distributed randomly throughout space but are instead arranged in an intricate "cosmic web" of filaments and walls surrounding bubble-like voids. There is still no compelling observational evidence of a link between the structure of the cosmic web and how galaxies form within it. However, such a connection is expected on the basis of our understanding of the origin of galaxy angular momentum: disk galaxies should be highly inclined relative to the plane defined by the large-scale structure surrounding them. Using the two largest galaxy redshift surveys currently in existence (2dFGRS and SDSS) we show at the 99.7% confident level that these alignments do indeed exist: spiral galaxies located on the shells of the largest cosmic voids have rotation axes that lie preferentially on the void surface. " - Detection of the effect of cosmological large-scale structure on the orientation of galaxies
Ignacio Trujillo, Conrado Carretero, Santiago G. Patiri
Survey of the nearby universe maps the distribution of about 75,000 galaxies (small blue dots). The placement of each galaxy in the radial direction is proportional to its distance from the Earth (which is located at the intersection of the two wedges), and its angular position (or right ascension in hours of arc) corresponds to its location along a thin strip in the sky. The galaxies clearly trace a network of filamentary structures.

As for the CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background), if you look at my post that contains all the studies, it's more likely an InterGalactic Medium that is radio noise, stellar winds, birkeland filaments, double layers etc.