cosmic voids

Perhaps a Supervoid Doesn’t Explain the Mysterious CMB Cold Spot

For years cosmologists had thought that a strange feature appearing in the microwave sky, known as the CMB cold spot,…

1 year ago

The Largest Rotating Objects in the Universe: Galactic Filaments Hundreds of Millions of Light-Years Long

We've known for a while about the large-scale structure of the Universe. Galaxies reside in filaments hundreds of millions of…

3 years ago

What Are Cosmic Voids?

We talked about the biggest structures in the Universe, but what about the opposite? The biggest empty spaces in the…

8 years ago

Astronomy Cast Ep. 389: Roundtable with Paul M. Sutter

While Pamela and Fraser were at Ohio State University for a symposium in October, they caught up with Paul M.…

8 years ago