Boötes Void

one of the largest empty regions known

700 million light-years from Earth

A roughly spherical hole in the cosmic web some 330 to 400 million light-years across. A region that size would normally hold thousands of galaxies; this one holds about sixty. From its middle, beyond the stars of your own galaxy, you would see almost no other galaxies.

• 700 million light-years · 330 to 400 million light-years across
• about 60 galaxies, where thousands would be expected

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place in the universe at large