Local Hole

English

Etymology

local+hole. From being a "hole in space", a low density region of the universe, which is near us.

Proper noun

Local Hole

  1. (astronomy, cosmology) A supervoid in Universe. A supervoid that wraps around much of our local supercluster, the Laniakea supercluster, a galaxy supercluster containing us. It is a void some 2 billion light years across.

Synonyms
  • KBC Void
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