Thu, Dec 13, 2007 Permanent linkYeah, weird stuff. They've found a couple smaller ones recently too. There is this weird theory that it is not just an empty spot but that it's a hole into an alternate universe.
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 Permanent linkAt this point, I wonder how surprised most people would be if it turned out to be holes in the universe... have you heard about the theory that our observation of the universe is causing it's life to shorten? It's a sticky thing to wrap your mind around, but there's a really good episode on that same podcast where a cosmologist discusses some evidence that may prove this. Imagine, the observation of an object, can affect it's past, not by altering the history in the past, but by some weird mathematical quirk, it does. He stresses that nothing actually "changes", but the past is altered. Argh...
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 Permanent linkA "structure" of void... wow. Pretty cool way to think about it.
Thu, Dec 13, 2007 Permanent linkIncredible. If the universe is expanding and the Big Bang theory is true, could these voids possibly be the center of the universe? Are we stumbling upon the remnants of the origin of the Big Bang?
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 Permanent linkThis is amazing to me. Funny how our human minds automatically try to figure out "what is this nothing?:" Maybe it's just......nothing. Or maybe not, since it is a significant chunk of the universe.
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 Permanent linkOur telescopes are looking farther and farther into space, and the farther we look, the younger the universe we are observing, since light takes so long to travel the span. So in essence, we're looking at something close to an infancy of everything. Sort of how we look at the sun, and we THINK we are looking at it, but in actuality, we're looking at an 8-minute-old image of what the sun was. So I guess, in reality, when you're sitting across from your friend, there's still a microcosmic gap between what you are perceiving and what is really there. Hug them next time to close the gap...
Fri, Dec 14, 2007 Permanent linkIt's interesting that a void that size would fit the description of one left by the energy requirements of a highly advanced Type III civilization.
Does that have anything to do with this story? http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070823_huge_hole.html