The Boötes Void is one of the most mysterious places ever discovered in space. Spanning hundreds of millions of light-years, it contains almost nothing. No galaxies, no stars, and almost no matter at ...

The Boötes Void is one of the largest known empty regions in the observable universe, stretching roughly 330 million light years across. In a space that size, astronomers would normally expect to find ...

June’s night skies provide excellent opportunities to discover a slice of the evening sky that is largely unsung, unheralded and usually ignored. Daniel Zantzinger / Skywatcher’s Guide When, for ...

“Cosmic Nothing,” by Michael D. Lemonick, describes large empty areas of the universe called voids. It includes a quote from astronomer Gregory Scott Aldering concerning a void in the constellation ...

There’s plenty to view in the early-morning sky, especially with no Moon visible before dawn. Although anchored by the bright star Arcturus, the constellation Boötes is relatively devoid of bright ...