This from the BBC:
Astronomers have found an enormous void in space that measures nearly a billion light-years across. It is empty of both normal matter - such as galaxies and stars - and the mysterious "dark matter" that cannot be seen directly with telescopes.
Now, that's BIIIIIIG empty space. As one of the scientists says,
"If you were to travel at the speed of light, it would take you several years to get to the nearest stars in our own Milky Way galaxy; but if you were to go to this hole and enter one side, you'd have to travel for a billion years before you would get to the other side," he told BBC News.
This completely weirds me out. A huge hole in the universe? It just begs for theological interpretation. Like, you know, God wanted some flex space - sort of a Zen thing, perhaps. You know, it opens up the place. Nice for meditation. Or you never when you might want to add on - an extra cosmic bedroom or den. But imagine: what if the absolute biggest room in your house was just EMPTY? Kind of cool, I think. Although I'm sure, if it were me, I would quickly start dumping stuff in there. But God is probably a better steward than me.
I'm sure it's scientifically strange for there to be a pocket of the universe with so much nothing in it. Theologically, it doesn't seem so odd to me. God likes surprises - just read the Bible, and blesses Nothings as well as all of us Somethings.
Anyone got anyone interesting Scripture passages that might speak to some Nothing out there?
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