Supervoid......

[baggywrinkle]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/space/11550868/Giant-mysterious-empty-hole-found-in-universe.html

Interesting....

[ronin]

They talk about the background being non-uniform through quantum fluctuations, otherwise out universe structure would not have formed, part of that condensing into galaxies and galaxy clusters must therefore mean voids elsewhere - otherwise what is filling the voids when the matter that was/ there has clumped into a galaxy cluster?

Are not therefore voids an expected aspect ?

[dph1nm]

Are not therefore voids an expected aspect ?

Yes, they are,  but you can predict how large they should be (i.e. their distribution of sizes) given your favourite cosmological model. This particular void is rather on the large side for the standard Lambda-CDM model ...

NigelM (who might just be one of the authors on the paper)

[Liquid360]

Had a girlfriend when I was in college we called The Supervoid. She was vapid and used her gravity for evil.

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[MrManQ]

Just goes to show how little we know. Im more worried about the great attractor.

[Cath]

This particular void is rather on the large side for the standard Lambda-CDM model

Always good to see new discoveries, assuming this one turns out to be so.

The day we decide our models are right and the universe is not, will be the day we find ourselves in trouble