Cosmic Question

[majornature]

I read an article recently about astronomers finding a "hole" in the universe. It is supposedly 1 billion light years across of nothing. And If that's the case, where does it fit in? <br /><br />Could there be a possibility that this "hole" could be the center of the universe?<br /><br />Would that slightly change current theories about our known universe. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="2" color="#14ea50"><strong><font size="1">We are born.  We live.  We experiment.  We rot.  We die.  and the whole process starts all over again!  Imagine That!</font><br /><br /><br /><img id="6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264" style="width:176px;height:247px" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/4/6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" width="276" height="440" /><br /></strong></font> </div>

 

[heyscottie]

There is no center of the universe under current theories. The area discovered had no large mass concentrations, and is the largest "empty" area found so far. Existing superstructure formation theories will allow for the formation of regions like this.

 

[majornature]

There was not a single thing there! Nothing! It's been a while since I read it. But did the astronomers calculate how far this hole is from earth?<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="2" color="#14ea50"><strong><font size="1">We are born.  We live.  We experiment.  We rot.  We die.  and the whole process starts all over again!  Imagine That!</font><br /><br /><br /><img id="6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264" style="width:176px;height:247px" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/4/6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" width="276" height="440" /><br /></strong></font> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

That is not correct AFAIK.<br />It is not shown that "there is not a single thing there", just that the density of baryonic matter is much lower than almost everywhere else. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[heyscottie]

That's right. We would not have the technology to say that there is NOTHING there. We can say that there are no bright light-emitting galaxies. And that's about it.

 

[derekmcd]

There is a thread about that here . <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[billslugg]

It is NOT TRUE there is nothing there!! That area is full of Northern Charm and Southern Efficiency!! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p> </div>

 

[majornature]

I didn't know you posted that thread. I already saved that one to my computer. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="2" color="#14ea50"><strong><font size="1">We are born.  We live.  We experiment.  We rot.  We die.  and the whole process starts all over again!  Imagine That!</font><br /><br /><br /><img id="6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264" style="width:176px;height:247px" src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/14/4/6e5c6b4c-0657-47dd-9476-1fbb47938264.Large.jpg" alt="blog post photo" width="276" height="440" /><br /></strong></font> </div>