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    Astronomers Map Vast Void in our Cosmic Neighborhood

    July 25, 2019, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Map showing the local void
    A smoothed rendition of the structure surrounding the Local Void. Our Milky Way galaxy lies at the origin of the red-green-blue orientation arrows (each 200 million lightyears in length). We are at a boundary between a large, low density void, and the high density Virgo cluster. 
    Credit: R. Brent Tully

    An astronomer from the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy and an international team published a new study that reveals more of the vast cosmic structure surrounding our Milky Way galaxy.

    The universe is a tapestry of galaxy congregations and vast voids...

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