For one, scientists observe a "cosmic fossil" called the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The first light that was free to ...

Scientists have proposed Earth is in the middle of a huge void in space, potentially resolving the cosmic mystery known as ...

One of the biggest mysteries in cosmology is the rate at which the universe is expanding. One possible explanation: that we live in a giant void in space (an area with below average density).

The Boötes Void, often referred to as the Great Nothing or the Great Void, is an actual area of space with fewer galaxies than you'd expect. At 250 to 330 million light-years across, it is one of ...

Another week, another viral post misrepresenting space. This time it's the turn of Barnard 68, which – if the Internet is to be believed (which it's not) – is "an empty void in space so big ...

But the new data revealed a giant spherically-shaped void between them that spans 500 light years. Although space is vast, it mostly teems with gas, dust, rocky objects, or stars.

“We might be the new kids on the block in NATO, but we have been doing space research for several decades in Sweden – we’ve [now] asked what void can we fill in the alliance in the space ...