Scientists Have Discovered The Middle Of Nowhere.....And It's Not Fresno

Astronomers from the University of Minnesota have made an astonishing discovery. They've discovered a void, or hole, in the universe. It's an area where absolutely nothing exists. No stars, no galaxies, no black holes, not even dark matter.

Astronomers have known for years that there are small voids in the universe. They believe they are caused when the gravitational pull of nearby matter pulls everything out of the voided area. There's one such place only 2 million light years from Earth.

But what is significant about this particular void is the size. It's 1 billion light years across. That's 6 billion trillion miles of nothing. It's between 5 and 10 billion light years from Earth.

I'll remember this the next time I'm traveling across West Texas, and I'll realize that there are places far more void than that.