A Giant Hole In The Universe: Just What Is The Boötes Void? - IFLScience

If the Milky Way had been in the center of the Boötes void, we wouldn’t have known there were other galaxies until the 1960s.

Another week, another viral post misrepresenting space. This time it's the turn of Barnard 68, which if the Internet is to be believed (which it's not) is "an empty void in space so big that if you t… [+2508 chars]

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