Cosmic Void (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cosmic Void

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The universe as simulated by the Millennium Simulation is structured like Swiss cheese in filaments and voids. The Milky Way, according to UW-Madison astronomers, exists in one of the holes or voids of the large-scale structure of the cosmos.

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Millennium Simulation Project

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