The Ladder of Scale · structure
Eridanus Supervoid
Void · 1.8 billion ly
- Within
- —
- Distance (ly)
- 3000000000
- Recognised
- 2007
- Population
- an underdensity
- Size (ly)
- 1800000000
- Kind
- Void
Notes
Proposed to explain the CMB Cold Spot — an unusually cool patch of the microwave background — as light losing energy crossing a vast emptiness. The explanation is still argued over.
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