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The Void Linked to the Cold Spot... and Why It Terrifies Scientists

Close your eyes and let your mind drift into the cosmic mystery of the Cold Spot—a region in the universe 2 billion light-years across that is 70 microkelvins colder than the space around it. A quiet journey into the void that terrifies scientists. This Cold Spot is linked to the Eridanus Supervoid, a massive under-dense region of space thought to drain energy from light passing through it. Yet its size is so large that the standard model predicts we should only find one void this big in 50 billion years. Some scientists even suggest it could be a bruise from a collision with another…

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