Astronomy / Space Astronomers have stumbled across the biggest object ever detected in the Universe

Paul Shroom

Paul Shroom
Astronomers have stumbled across the biggest object ever detected in the Universe… and it’s a void that stretches for 1.8 billion light years.Distinguishable by its emptiness, the ‘supervoid’, as it's being called, isn't the only hole in the Universe, but it's the biggest patch we've found, and is abnormal in the typically evenly distributed Universe.


http://www.sciencealert.com/the-lar...nd-it-s-a-hole-1-8-billion-light-years-across
 

Xenomorph

Xenomorph
Paul Shroom said:
Astronomers have stumbled across the biggest object ever detected in the Universe… and it’s a void that stretches for 1.8 billion light years.Distinguishable by its emptiness, the ‘supervoid’, as it's being called, isn't the only hole in the Universe, but it's the biggest patch we've found, and is abnormal in the typically evenly distributed Universe.


http://www.sciencealert.com/the-lar...nd-it-s-a-hole-1-8-billion-light-years-across
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Wow, thousands of times larger than our whole galaxy! How does does something like that happen?
 

Crunch

C
Paul Shroom said:
Astronomers have stumbled across the biggest object ever detected in the Universe… and it’s a void that stretches for 1.8 billion light years.Distinguishable by its emptiness, the ‘supervoid’, as it's being called, isn't the only hole in the Universe, but it's the biggest patch we've found, and is abnormal in the typically evenly distributed Universe.


http://www.sciencealert.com/the-lar...nd-it-s-a-hole-1-8-billion-light-years-across
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You just described my wife's handbag...
 

teaurn

teaurn
I found myself thinking of the manifesto's of all the UK Political Parties....

Maybe it's just me ;)
 
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Geers

Geers
Let's just remember the wise words of Yahtzee Croshaw:

"Gaze ye not into the abyss, lest the abyss's boyfriend get narky."
 

Tryst

Tryst
We took up residence on one of the eggs that were laid billions of years ago and are now threatening to destroy the egg. That's mum heading back to remove the infestation and she's not a happy bunny.
 

Varrag

Varrag
Interesting how they called it the biggest structure in an article, while in fact it's the biggest lack of the structures :)

Beside that...
Tryst said:
We took up residence on one of the eggs that were laid billions of years ago and are now threatening to destroy the egg. That's mum heading back to remove the infestation and she's not a happy bunny.
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[video=youtube;IM1-DQ2Wo_w]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM1-DQ2Wo_w[/video]
 
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Kancro Vantas

Kancro Vantas
You need a permit to go there! The FDEV are planning to have thargoids there....if only astronomers could call FD and solve the mistery.
 

Obtuse

Obtuse
Nah Peter Hamilton already figured this out in his Void series. Its obviously an alternate universe thats being powered by the consumption of galaxies. :cool:
 
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