Tag Archive for 'Supervoid'

Map of the cosmic microwave background; the insets show the environment of the Cold Spot. The angular diameter of the vast supervoid aligned with the Cold Spot, which exceeds 30 degrees, is marked by the white circles. Image credit: ESA Planck Collaboration / Gergö Kránicz.

When Universes Collide: Galaxy Redshift Survey Hints at Exotic Origin for Mysterious ‘Cold Spot’

Apr 26, 2017 by News Staff

According to the results of a redshift survey of nearly 7,000 galaxies, a gigantic ‘hole’ in the Universe is unlikely to explain a ‘Cold Spot’...

Astrophysicists Create Largest Ever Map of Cosmic Superstructures

Oct 13, 2016 by News Staff

Astrophysicists from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, UK, have produced the largest ever map of cosmic superstructures...

The supervoid. Image credit: István Szapudi et al.

Supervoid: Astronomers Find Large ‘Hole’ in Universe

Apr 21, 2015 by News Staff

An international team of astronomers led by Dr Istvan Szapudi of the University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy has discovered a large supervoid...