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7/11/2025, 4:51:37 AM
>Astronomers have now confirmed that the galaxy cluster which the milkyway is part of is situated in what is known as a cosmic void, using data from the recently launched James Webb space telescope.
>"At the very largest scale the universe is like a sponge. In this analogy the holes are cosmic voids, and the fibers are galactic filaments. Cosmic voids are nearly completely empty, vast regions space, devoid of all matter and energy. You can travel for millions of light years and never even detect a single photon."
>It was previously thought that the milky and other nearby galaxies were part of the galactic filaments, the spongy part of this analogy, but new analysis shows otherwise.
>"Our galaxy cluster is inside such a void, though closer to its edge than its center. Still, this means that the search for alien life is a futile endeavour. Cosmic voids are stretched by the expansion of the universe you simply cannot traverse them."
>"At the very largest scale the universe is like a sponge. In this analogy the holes are cosmic voids, and the fibers are galactic filaments. Cosmic voids are nearly completely empty, vast regions space, devoid of all matter and energy. You can travel for millions of light years and never even detect a single photon."
>It was previously thought that the milky and other nearby galaxies were part of the galactic filaments, the spongy part of this analogy, but new analysis shows otherwise.
>"Our galaxy cluster is inside such a void, though closer to its edge than its center. Still, this means that the search for alien life is a futile endeavour. Cosmic voids are stretched by the expansion of the universe you simply cannot traverse them."
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