Aresearch.73 net.columbia utzoo!decvax!duke!mhtsa!research!sjb Thu Oct 1 21:14:31 1981 super void Scientists have found a void in space the size of about 2,000 Milky Way Galaxies. The void, about 300 million light years in diameter (the Milky Way is 100,000), is around 400 million light years from this solar system. The void is growing even bigger as the galaxies near it pull together from their own gravity. Astronomers said it is probably not completely empty, but there ``isn't much out there.'' The ``super void'' was found when scientists studying the Universe turned telescopes towards the constellation Bootes. They found the density of galaxies at least 10 times less than expected. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.