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  • Sep 11, 2007, 04:18 PM
    spacefire5458
    The big hole
    Scientists recently discovered a huge void in the universe where there is nothing not even background radiation how big is this hole try one billion light years across.
    I was interested in hearing what you guys have to say on the subject.:)
  • Sep 11, 2007, 05:01 PM
    CaptainRich
    I read about that, but enough isn't known yet. So far it poses more questions than it answers.
  • Sep 11, 2007, 11:46 PM
    Capuchin
    Whoa whoa whoa, slow down a little. There IS CMBR there, it's just slightly colder than most other places, and there ARE stars and galaxies there, there are just less than in most other places.

    Remember that we're seeing the hole as it looked 6-10 billion years ago i.e. in the beginning stages of our universe. So we don't know what it looks like now. Here's a pic of it:

    http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827...ge_hole_02.jpg
  • Sep 12, 2007, 01:19 AM
    firmbeliever
    Cap, You wow me...

    Wherever did you find that pic?
  • Sep 12, 2007, 04:05 AM
    Capuchin
    It's everywhere :o
  • Sep 12, 2007, 04:19 AM
    Capuchin
    Hmm, the cold spot in the CMB could be because of the void. As the CMB travels through the void, the Sachs-Wolfe effect would come into play. Because the area is a void, the CMB would be expected to appear colder in that region for this reason.

    So, the cold spot in the CMB is not an intrinsic property of the void, it's just that the CMB is altered as it passes through the void.

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