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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Is Earth inside a huge void? 'Sound of Big Bang' hints so

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Is Earth inside a huge void? 'Sound of Big Bang' hints so

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RegularJoe@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighbouring regions of the universe, ...
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    How can we be in a big void while also nearby other stellar objects and also being located in one of the dustiest galaxies we know of? What is their definition of a void?

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      A billion light years across at 20% lower density. So not stellar neighborhood, way bigger than a galaxy.

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