Void (astronomy)

Voids (English for gap space) are in astronomy and astrophysics huge voids between the larger structures of the universe.

The distribution of matter in the universe is similar to astronomical observations and simulations on large scales, according to a honeycomb structure formed by the filaments (matter accumulation ) and the intervening cavities ( voids) is formed.

The previously directly observed voids usually have a diameter in the range of 100 million light years. The biggest void was discovered in the constellation Eridanus in 2007 and has a diameter of about one billion light years, about a thousand times the usual volume voids.