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Astronomers Find Huge Hole in Universe

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the no-it's-not-rosie-o'donnell dept.

realwx writes "Astronomers are surprised by a recent discovery of a space hole that is nearly a billion light years across. "Not only has no one ever found a void this big, but we never even expected to find one this size," said researcher Lawrence Rudnick of the University of Minnesota. Rudnick's colleague Liliya R. Williams also had not anticipated this finding. "What we've found is not normal, based on either observational studies or on computer simulations of the large-scale evolution of the universe," said Williams, also of the University of Minnesota.""

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  1. I for one by hey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new giant hole overlords.

  2. Re:Well I guess the joke is on us. by crontabminusell · · Score: 0, Redundant
    From TFA:

    There is a "remarkable drop in the number of galaxies" in a region of sky in the constellation Eridanus, Rudnick said. "Eridanus", eh?
  3. Woo! by B3ryllium · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Galactic Dyson Sphere!