The existence of the Local Void has been widely accepted, but it remained poorly studied because it lies behind the centre of our galaxy and is therefore heavily obscured from our view
Dwarf galaxies more voracious than initially thought
Even those with very low masses are capable of savaging smaller nearby galaxies
Enormous voids in space could contain more matter than previously thought
‘Cosmic gaps’ could contain as much as 20 per cent of the ‘normal’ matter in the universe