Bootes void

Approximately 700 million light years from earth is a section of space called Bootes Void (also known as The Great Void.

For some this is one of the creepiest places in the known universe because where there should be 1000's of galaxies for such a hugely massive area, there are in fact VERY few.

So few in fact that until quite recently only 8 were seen/known. And even today only a few more are now known (60).

Were talking about an area of 250 - 350 million light years circumference here!

To give you an indication of just how sparce that is, the average number of galaxies for an area like that would be more like 10000!
In fact if we in the milky way were in the centre of Bootes Void, we would not have even known of other galaxies till 1960.

Anissimov said this that was quite interesting: "This extremely low density means that when a pattern of neutrinos enters in one side of the void, it looks exactly the same upon exit. Same goes for photons. Particles of matter, having much more mass than both photons and neutrinos, would of course get pulled towards the walls of the void. Because of this state-preserving property, the Boötes void may one day be seen as the ultimate time capsule - fire off a pattern of photons, only for the pattern to be rediscovered hundreds of millions of years later when it reaches the other side"

This is really interesting stuff.

Take a look at the below video and tell me what you think?

I'm not one to think an all conquering race would take over trillions of stars for power, but it adds interest to a point of discussion.

Cheers all