Our paper “Large-Scale Galaxy Correlations from the DESI First Data Release” has now been accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
(https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.21585).
In this study, we analyze the first data release of the DESI survey. Our results confirm—and significantly extend—trends previously observed in smaller redshift surveys, both by our group and by others. In particular, they support the conclusion that the galaxy distribution does not exhibit a transition to spatial homogeneity on the scales probed so far, up to r = 400 Mpc/h.
These results have been the subject of a long-standing debate in cosmology: nearly twenty years ago we published a monograph on this topic with Springer
(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/b138455).
At the time, we emphasized that more definitive conclusions would require better data; such data are now finally becoming available. An extensive and up-to-date list of references is provided in the paper cited above.
Our recent work has already attracted considerable attention. In particular, Roger Penrose (Nobel Prize in Physics 2020) and a collaborator have invited me to discuss these results at the upcoming Oxford–Lancaster Colloquium
Francesco sylos labini 
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