Map of nothing: Astronomers size up the vast void next door to the Milky Way

Our home galaxy is right on the border of a void so vast it's hard to picture. To get a better idea of its shape and size, a team of astronomers has mapped out the edges of this extragalactic emptiness, and calculated just how much gravitational influence it has on the Milky Way.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Astronomy
• Galaxy
• Universe
• University of Hawaii

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