August 23, 2007

THE "ERID" SEEMS SUPERFLUOUS, NO?:

Gaping hole found in universe (Reuters, 8/23/07)

A giant hole in the Universe is devoid of galaxies, stars and even lacks dark matter, astronomers said on Thursday.

The team at the University of Minnesota said the void is nearly a billion light-years across and they have no idea why it is there. [...]

The void is in a region of sky in the constellation Eridanus, southwest of Orion.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 23, 2007 9:22 PM
Comments

Hmmm....I thought banning CFCs was supposed to cure this problem.

Posted by: ratbert at August 23, 2007 10:17 PM

Fix it with Preparation H.

Posted by: ghostcat at August 23, 2007 10:48 PM

That's where early tests of the infinite improbability drive were conducted. Kind of the cosmic equivalent of Nevada.

Posted by: Jim at August 24, 2007 7:38 AM

Why don't we spend the money dedicated to this on bridge repair and healthcare for children?

Posted by: genecis at August 24, 2007 8:54 AM

We don't have to. We can look into the heavens, fix our bridges and take care of our children, but our betters would rather put that money into their own coffers.

Posted by: erp at August 24, 2007 10:00 AM

Does the "ori-" in "Orion" suf-fice?

Posted by: j at August 24, 2007 10:33 AM
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