What thoughts do you all have on the thousands of light years of nothingness scientists are now talking about?

Question

Can there be nothingness, is nothingness atomless?
More questions than answers?

Answer 1

The reality is that thousands of light years of empty space is the usual thing in space. The closest large galaxy to us is Andromeda and it is almost 4 million light years away. That is three orders of magnitude larger than your thousands of light years. There is probably nothing but a few thin gas and dust clouds between, but it is possible that there may be a few stray stars.

Within the past 25 years or so it has been discovered that galaxies are grouped in clusters and clusters of clusters which are known as superclusters. These appear to be arranged like the liquid parts of foam, where the galaxies form part of bubble walls. The middle of the bubble is a void when no, or very few galaxies have been detected. These voids are millions of light years across.

The big void recently discovered just appears to be a much bigger void than the ones measured so far and it is not absolutely certain that it is absolutely empty. It appears to be close to a thousand million light years across compared to the usual few million. In other words anything between 500 to 1000 times bigger than usual.

What can be made of this is uncertain. Perhaps these big voids are relatively common, perhaps not. So far the void is NOT thought to conflict with the overall big bang theory. One thing can be said for certain though, packinrat is wrong as usual.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6962185.stm

Answer 2

Nothingness is the vast expanse of space between galaxies. In our Milky Way Galaxy there are 235 planetary bodies, of which 169 moons are in our Solar System. These 169 moons are the well documented satellite moons of the 9 planets. Jupiter alone has 63 moons. The challenge lies in how we can build atmospheres on them to support human life and all other living things. Also, we have to weed out the ones that are inhospitable.

Venus=0, Earth=1, Mars=2, Jupiter=63, Saturn=60, Uranus=27, Neptune=13, Pluto=3

The trick is to categorize them into planets/moons that either spin on their axis, or don't. Then, increase the surface gravity by inserting a Superconducting Magnet into the core. The magnet would range from 2 Tesla to 15 Tesla, depending on the amount of iron/nickel that is present in the core.

Finally, to introduce atmospheric gases into the man made electromagnetic bubble.

This website gives the exact location of each of the moons of Jupiter: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~sheppard/satellites

and this site tells us how to make an ATMOSPHERE on all the moons: http://www.atmospheres.5u.com/index.html

Answer 3

More questions than answers.From what I gather,they detected the void while examining what appears to be a "cold spot",an area of the universe even colder than the normal 2.8K.They detect no matter,energy,nothing.I haven't a clue,but it sure is a great time to be interested in astronomy.I can't wait to hear what the big brains(I don't claim to be an expert)tell us.I love a mystery!

Answer 4

Scientists are like religious people. When they can not explain something they take by faith, some hypothesis that fits the equation and run with it.

Sometimes they are wrong but many times they are able to demonstrate the hypothesis correct.

The amount of mass in the Universe appears to be inconsistent with the amount that the entire universe is purported to weigh.

Astronomers have found an enormous void in space that measures nearly a billion light-years across.
It is empty of both normal

But the void discovered by a University of Minnesota team is about 1,000 times the volume of what would be expected in typical cosmic gaps.

This nothingness can not be explained by a big bang theory and in fact may disprove the big bang concept.

This void is in fact the center of the universe. The location from which all matter was blown into existence. The only explanation is that the universe is revolving so fast that centrifugal force is holding this space open.

There is no hidden mater in the universe causing it to continue to accelerate in it's expansion. It is simply rotating so fast that it accelerates the expansion by centrifugal force.

This proves my theory of fast universe rotation and disproves all of the scientific community.

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thevoiceswithin321 - You are correct. For the next ten years they will insist you are wrong. Then they will discover the true rotation rate of the Universy and claim they thought it up when you knew it all along.
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Answer 5

I was reminded of the Total Perspective Vortex from Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.... The human mind can't really fathom the depths of the vastness of our universe, and I think that's a good thing, I mean would you really want to grasp fully just how insignificant our little planet is in the grand scheme of things? It's rather depressing if you stop and really THINK about it. You'd best just go watch American Idol to take your mind off of it.

Answer 6

Wow, I haven't heard anything about this. Do you have a link or something? Sounds fascinating.

Answer 7

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you know, it all seems so simple to me! i mean really, if we happen to be here in the milky way, and if there really is all that space, then so what? sorry, Hi, im Jubayer, hi, nice to meet you!
im a scientist, a religious man, and an open-minded thinker. what the scientists portray to us as undeniable truth, then sure, i'd take their word for it, with a pinch of salt of course.
in the Qur'an it warns civilisations to be careful in their interpretations: DONT THINK YOU (CIVILISATION) WILL EVER KNOW THE SECRETS THAT MAKE UP EXISTENCE, EXCEPT BY ALLAH'S LEAVE. so really, maybe there is all that space or maybe there isnt. i mean, satellites cant really go beyond the milky way can they? i mean, most astro-physical and cosmological stuff is based on maths. even though they say that maths never lies, there is still human error......
also, have you heard that recently, they have refuted einsteines E=MC2? I mean, they say that its not entirely true???? einstein , back in the ancient times that he was alive, had to invent a factor (variable) in order to make his equation work. now they have found that indeed, he was right in the first place!! its crazy!

Answer 8

Your last statement says it all. No matter how much we think we have learned about the universe, we will always have more questions than answers!

Answer 9

It's mind blowing man!! The thought that you could just keep gonig and never ever reach the end!!

Answer 10

What was there before the nothing? was it nothing? ffs.