Local Group and nearest galaxies. (Wikipedia Commons/Antonio Ciccolella)
Posted on 07/23/2019 4:59:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Our Milky Way galaxy is part of a group of galaxies called the Local Group. The Local Group is dominated by the Milky Way and its larger sibling, the Andromeda Galaxy. The many dwarf galaxies clinging gravitationally to the Milky Way and Andromeda round out the Local Group's population.
The Local Group itself is part of an even larger structure, called the Laniakea Super-Cluster, which contains over 100,000 galaxies.
Local Group and nearest galaxies. (Wikipedia Commons/Antonio Ciccolella)
The new study is titled "Cosmicflows-3: Cosmography of the Local Void." Cosmicflows-3 is a compendium of over 17,000 galaxy distances in our cosmic neighbourhood, and it constitutes a new, updated map of the vast Local Void. It's the third edition of the compendium, and each new edition is more thorough than the last.
As gravity makes galaxies move towards each other, voids open up. The Local Void is of particular interest to scientists because the matter that makes up the Milky Way and the rest of the Local Group likely came from the Local Void.
Studying these voids should also tell us something about Dark Matter. The Local Void is difficult to study because it lies behind the central mass of the Milky Way, blocking it from view.
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You called?
More accurately, they made a SWAG at it.
like the contents of maxine waters skull kind of void?
They discovered where missing socks go to? Fascinating !
"All right, break it up. There's nothing to see here!"
"Oh, that's just lovely, Dwarf galaxies. Why not call them Imp galaxies? It's easier to say..."
That looks like a great place to throw all leftists out of the airlock.
The mystery of how those errant socks get somehow transported to those outer reaches still remains unsolved.
The entity ‘Q’ misplaced the stars.
So that is where you went.
Next time leave us a note. /lol
Dang, I wish Ren and Stimpy 'toons were still relevant...
So that’s where the term “black hole” came from!
“Local Void” is too bland. Rename it “Loca Void” in honor of AOC. Yay diversity!
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