Scientists found a place in universe that is full of nothing?

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if you got any info please share
thanks

Answer 1

so, no big deal.
I've heard so many people mention it since its been on yahoos front page.

We all act like we're surprised.

space has many voids in it.

maybe a black hole Did move through that area and sucked up or collected all the stars in its path.

I wonder if there's a galaxy or two near that area.

(ya know each galaxy has a black hole powering it)
http://www.tv-links.co.uk/video/9/4657/7063/51729/75135

It might be an "edge" of the universe.

Answer 2

Similar voids have been found scattered throughout the universe, but this just happens to be the biggest one --- about 1-billion light years across. Astronomers are amazed at its size.

This website for the whole story ==>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/24/universe.hole.ap/

Answer 3

If there really is nothing how could they find it. It actually depends on the term 'nothing'. Is there space? If there is, so there is something! The real nothing existed before the Big Bang and finding the real nothing would be almost impossible. Finding it would mean, discovering how the universe began.

Answer 4

Not true, science knows about the vast voids in distant space but even there they claim there is minute amounts of matter, there is no place where a perfect vacuum exists in space.

Answer 5

Yes they just located an area of the universe one billion light years across that has no stars or anything else that can currently be detected. Here is the news flash that just now hit the web


http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=49750&cl=3824753&ch=61492&src=news

Answer 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBJSS02rPEg


BLACK HOLES


The 20th century saw a great many new discoveries regarding celestial phenomena in the universe. One of these entities, which has only recently been encountered, is the Black Hole. These are formed when a star which has consumed all its fuel collapses in on itself, eventually turning into a black hole with infinite density and zero volume and an immensely powerful magnetic field. We are unable to see black holes even with the most powerful telescope, because their gravitational pull is so strong that light is unable to escape from them. However, such a collapsed star can be perceived by means of the effect it has on the surrounding area. In Surat al-Waqi'a, Allah draws attention to this matter in this way, by swearing upon the position of stars:

And I swear by the stars' positions-and that is a mighty oath if you only knew. (Qur'an, 56:75-76)

The term "black hole" was first employed in 1969 by the American physicist John Wheeler. Previously, we imagined that we were able to see all the stars. However, it later emerged that there were stars in space whose light we were unable to perceive. Because, the light of these collapsed stars disappears. Light cannot escape from a black hole because it is such a high concentration of mass in a small space. The enormous gravitation captures even the fastest particles, i.e. the photons. For example, the final stage of a typical star, three times the mass of the Sun, ends after its burning out and its implosion as a black hole of only 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) in diameter! Black holes are "black," i.e. veiled from direct observation. They nevertheless reveal themselves indirectly, by the tremendous suction which their gravitational force exerts on other heavenly bodies. As well as depictions of the Day of Judgement, the verse below may also be pointing to this scientific discovery about black holes:

When the stars are extinguished. (Qur'an, 77:8)

Moreover, stars of great mass also cause warps to be perceived in space. Black holes, however, do not just cause warps in space but also tear holes in it. That is why these collapsed stars are known as black holes. This fact may be referred to in the verse about stars, and this is another important item of information demonstrating that the Qur'an is the word of Allah:

[I swear] by Heaven and the Tariq! And what will convey to you what the Tariq is? The Star Piercing [the darkness]! (Qur'an, 86:1-3)
http://www.harunyahya.com/articles/miracles_universe.php

Answer 7

They needn't look far. I know lots of people whose head is full of nothing.

Answer 8

Yep in space.. its nothing.. vacuum.. no matter

Answer 9

that's weird!

Answer 10

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