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The Local Void is Really Empty

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Are voids in the distribution of galaxies only places with reduced matter density and low star formation efficiency or are they empty of matter? There is now compelling evidence of expansion away from the Local Void at very high velocities. The motion is most reasonably interpreted as an evacuation of the void, which requires that the void be very large and very empty.

Source: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

DOI: 10.1017/s1743921307013932

Author: R. Brent Tully

Institutions: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System

Language: English

Topic: Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Science Foundation, Space Telescope Science Institute

OpenAlex ID: W1993859779