Milky Way’s loner status is upheld
Galaxy’s location in a vast cosmic void could help explain dueling universe expansion rates
![simulation of cosmic void](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/060717_LG_cosmic-void_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
GLOWING THREADS Simulations like the Millennium Simulation Project show glowing galaxies clumping along cosmic filaments. But the Milky Way lives in the dark no-man’s-land between the threads.
Millennium Simulation Project