Mysterious 'supervoid' in space is largest object ever discovered, scientists claim

www.telegraph.co.u ^ | 7:09PM BST 20 Apr 2015 | By Sarah Knapton, Science Editor

[clearcarbon]

"Mysterious 'supervoid' in space is largest object ever discovered, scientists claim"

[DannyTN]

[jmacusa]

Okay, we’re going to turn off the lights for 30 seconds and whoever stole that missing void please but it back....

[outofsalt]

[wally_bert]

They stole Earth that one time.

[JimSEA]

I think that the definition of "structure" would include being different than the surrounding regions of the universe. struc·ture ˈstrək(t)SHər/ noun 1. the arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex. "flint is extremely hard, like diamond, which has a similar structure" synonyms: construction, form, formation, shape, composition, anatomy, makeup, constitution;

[MeganC]

I’d be on the lookout for a massive Dyson sphere.

[MeganC]

It was Voyager when they crossed a void and the crew all went into hibernation except for 7of9 and the weird hamster looking guy.

[USMCPOP]

"A supervoid has been discovered in the universe which is too big to fit into current models " Get a bigger car.

[762X51]

They had a Hadron Supercollider too at one time. At one time.

[Red Badger]

Last words from their scientists were: Uh-OH!................

[WKUHilltopper]

How can nothing be an object?

[I want the USA back]

If it’s a void it’s not an object.

[I want the USA back]

“it is too big to exist”
Wrong. The theories that don’t account for it are wrong and need to be changed.

[sten]

i was thinking of something that would be fairly large and fairly close... circular in shape from our point of view

[WhatWouldReaganDo]

My God, it’s not full of stars!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Hillary’s hard drive?

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Getting through such a big hole takes hundreds of millions of years, even at the speed of light, and photons of light slow down as they cross because the universe – and therefore the void - is continually expanding.

LOL! If it's 1.8 billion light-years across, it should take 1.8 billion years for light to cross it.

[Yardstick]

This hole is exactly the right size and shouldn’t get any bigger or smaller. If there is any measurable change, it will be necessary to implement a massive redistributive tax and other policies that just happen to coincide with the left’s political agenda.

[varon]

Astronomers have discovered a curious empty section of space which is missing around 10,000 galaxies. My emphasis.

So, first, it's an empty section of space but then it's also a ......it seems to have around 20 per cent less matter than other regions.

Can the two conditions coexist or am I just not sufficiently educated in astronomy?