Imagine drifting through space in a place so empty that you wouldn’t see a single star, planet, or galaxy in any direction. This is the Boötes Void, one of the largest known empty regions in the ...

Could it be that the nature of the universe is tricking us, merely because of our location? The ongoing “Hubble tension” the intransigent discrepancy between the universe’s local and cosmic expansion ...

Earth and the entire Milky Way galaxy might be sitting inside an enormous, mysterious void—a giant cosmic hole making our universe expand faster right here than anywhere else. This unusual idea, ...

Good news, though: If we do, then it could help solve the ongoing mystery of the expansion of the universe. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on Reddit ...