The Boötes Void: The Biggest, Emptiest Thing in the Universe

Explore the Boötes Void, the universe's vast "desert" where galaxies are sparse, and nothingness reigns. Discover its mysteries, theories, and its profound implications on our understanding of the cosmos.

[@carldale7048]

"all the money converted to pennies" is one helluva random unit of measurement.

[@Hawk_of_Battle]

I know right? Why couldn't he just use, say, "all the banana's that have ever existed on earth?" I'd have a much clearer time understanding the scale if he used the banana unit.

[@virkez010]

Maybe he did it so he could modify the measurement later, like saying "now if those pennies were the size of a manhole cover, they'd still only take up .001%." :) probably not, but if we're making up units, might as well make some intuitively expandable/reducible ones.

[@DaedalusKrieger]

What is that in Cheeseburgers?

[@kawawangkowboy9566]

Yeah, I thought it was just Americans who would use anything but SI

[@flecx9767]

Could have used bathtubs instead...

[@Wisconsin_Local_139_Crane_Guy]

Simon, my dude, now your making videos about nothing. Literally.

[@matthewsecord7641]

Simon makes so many shows, it's impressive. But there is a point here.

[@charleshulsey3103]

😂

[@claysfamily3818]

I see what you did there… touché good sir touché

[@amp86400]

And gettin PAID for it too! 💸🤑💸 That takes a certain type of hustler. 🤘

[@RealJonNewton]

Maybe he should make one about spelling and grammar

[@evemoore5583]

Boots is doing my head in. Boötes

[@state_song_xprt]

"If the Milky Way had been in the Bootes Void we wouldn't have known other galaxies existed until the 1960s" only sounds dramatic until you remember that we didn't know other galaxies existed until the 1920s.

[@captain_context9991]

If we are to buy into this ridiculous idea of "voids", and "super voids", well then we already live in one. These "voids" are just areas with less density of matter than other places where there is more stuff... This might have seemed weird to scientists in the 80s or something. Before we discovered galactic filaments. But now that we do know about galactic filaments, this is no longer a mystery at all. And its ridiculous to keep quoting this thing.

[@jblob5764]

​@@captain_context9991 The largely empty space between galactic filaments would be what? Is that not exactly what these "voids" are?

[@mho...]

@@jblob5764 size wise its comparable tho, to the fabric of your shirt having a hand sized hole in it.... its HUGE

[@drzoidberg71]

We knew they existed, we just assumed they were something else. They were called "spiral nebulae" back then because we assumed they were formations within our own galaxy.

[@captain_context9991]

@@jblob5764 Talking about these "voids" is just a way to make space seem scary and inexplicable, and "science does not know what goes on there", even suggesting there is something there that eats galaxies or makes them disappear. Complete rubbish. And this is further made worse by that ridiculous image of that "Bootes void". Which is just a random gas cloud that they present as proof of voids. Always the same misinformation.

[@gideonsiete1868]

It's pronounced boo-OH-tees, not boots.

[@chancellorjake]

Thank you. I was wondering if I had learned it wrong.

[@Kurahaara86]

I think it’s the writers’ responsibility to put pronounciation guides in their scripts. Factboy has more channels than there are galaxies in the observable universe, he can’t possibly fact check all the scripts.

[@DarkHelixia]

​​@@Kurahaara86 In this case it was not needed as an umlaut was used to indicate that the two vowels are separate. Fortunately it was not Anglicised like many other words e.g. naïve versus naive. Never understood why we haven't adopted diacritics, but I guess our spelling is bad enough!

[@Kurahaara86]

@@DarkHelixia I never saw anyone with english as their first language pronounce any of the letters Å, Ö, Ä, etc. correctly, so I’d assume they’ll need the help. Edit: Okay, I have in some videos when they’re trying to learn a new language. But that’s rare.

[@DarkHelixia]

@@Kurahaara86 Tbh, I only know about umlauts because they're used in Dutch, which I'm learning! But as an native British speaker, whenever I see any diacritic (and have the time!) I always check the pronunciation! This said even knowing this, there are vowel and diphthongs that don't exist in English which we'll struggle with!

[@SmashBrosAssemble]

“Could you imagine that nothing? No light no dark no up no down, no life, no time without end.” ~ The Doctor

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Didnt he leave one of the Family of Blood there?

[@MatthewHaddock-]

Like....Jesus?- the doctor who is this?

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Been there.... I was told I was there only for seconds.... Don't send me back.

[@roywhitworth]

Like before and after life

[@gordogonk8068]

The doctor who​@@MatthewHaddock-

[@olixpatdo8181]

Here! In the 3rd rock from the sun, where the only void I am afraid of is the growing emptiness of my bank account.

[@bmxerkrantz]

your bank account < my soul

[@ethano3099]

⁠@@bmxerkrantzyour soul < my self confidence

[@DeadInsideDave]

Mate the dude can speak for hours without sayin a single new interesting thing

[@TheSnoeedog]

Crawl out of your hole!! (You said *"IN* the 3rd rock...." and I couldn't resist) Live well

[@julianaylor4351]

Get better acquainted with budgeting and change your account provider. The joke isn't that funny. The real voids are some people we all know.

[@keenanarthur8381]

I stared into the abyss and the abyss stared back... now we're mates and have a wonderful time stargazing while drinking whiskey, discussing Nietzsche's eternal recurrence, and listening to '90s Norwegian black metal.

[@hendersongalbreath1072]

Somewhere, Isahn and Nocturno Culto nod in agreement. They don't smile, just sullenly nod.

[@QBCPerdition]

While I do believe the quantum fluctuation explanation makes the most sense, indeed, a random distribution of points leads to clumps and voids, I always like to think that maybe the voids are "scars" from where our universe bumped up against neighboring universes in the multiverse. When they bumped, the positive pressure pushed any matter to the edges.

[@Ricimer671]

As good a theory as any that I have heard.

[@fredblonder7850]

Note the dieresis mark in “Boötes”. It’s pronuonced “bo-oo-tes”, not “boots”.

[@Trutbal]

Thank you. And for our friends from the US……the o is pronounced like the o in Doh (Homer Simpson)

[@umbles7007]

I had to look it up, because I was still lost. It sounds like "bow(like a bow and arrow)-oat(like the food)-ees(like just the letter "e" but plural)"

[@fredblonder7850]

@@umbles7007 Think of words like “Noël” or “coöperate”. In English, this means that the second vowel begins a new syllable, and is not part of a diphthong. In other languages, two dots are an umlaut, which changes the pronunciation of a vowel, usually to more forward in the mouth.

[@DarrenThePerson]

It's more like boo oh tees

[@matthewfairchild3846]

Its not about the boots, its the booties😂

[@richardbennett4365]

Boötes has that dieresis over the second o for pronunciation. It's not there to be ignored or just for decoration. The dieresis over a vowel following another vowel indicates both vowels are to be pronounced separately. Thus, Boötes is bow-Oh-tease. Now you know.

[@OrchestrationOnline]

Yeah but it's funner to pronounce it "booties."

[@FectacularSpail]

I admit, I mainly clicked on this to see if Simon would pronounce it right. lol

[@aidenwoodard9187]

THANK YOU... It was so painful hearing him mispronounce it every time...

[@KnobleSloth]

Do you pronounce it bow or bow?

[@richardbennett4365]

Yes.

[@BabyMakR]

0:42 Says "...think hiding away in the dark void sounds like a dream. Trust me it is not." Then proceeds to list all the things that make it an introvert's wet dream.

[@treckaartisan4871]

haha as a Aussie I've got to say your not wrong, we've got a big ol void in our center

[@danielthompson6207]

The Woop Woop Supervoid!

[@danielthompson6207]

The Woop Woop Supervoid!

[@draykowolf2293]

My theory is that there may be 1 or 2 average sized black holes within that void. Not large enough to cause the distortions you're talking about. Just black holes that have already consumed everything around them and lost their accretion discs rendering them invisible. It may very well have been that there were cosmic filaments stretching across that void like other regions of space some time in the far distant past that were already consumed long before the void was first detected.

[@harryhanz1690]

The actual location of the Writers Basement.

[@ByrneMJames]

We wouldn’t have known there were other galaxies until the 60s. Thats only a few decades after we discovered that the the Milky Way wasnt the whole universe and there were other galaxies. So being in that void wouldn’t be much of a drawback

[@yungc0bain]

no matter how many numbers or statistics are used to scale space stuff, i dont think any of us can realistically grasp just how enormous the universe is. we just understand that its mf massive lol

[@jacksonstarky8288]

I put off watching this because I was expecting it to get pulled and re-uploaded to Astrographics (now Celestium). Others have corrected Simon's pronunciation, so I won't belabour that point. Peter F. Hamilton is one of the best science fiction authors of the 21st century so far. For anyone who reads sci-fi, he's definitely a writer to look at.

[@anastasianilsson]

Ha! I started re-listening to the Commonwealth Saga a few days ago. It’s one of my favourite sci-fi series ☺️

[@onespecies-human344]

I love when Simon explains things he doesnt understand:)

[@UncleBildo]

yeah but check out them boots!

[@EskWIRED]

And it is pretty clear the writer doesn't know what he's talking about either.

[@jesserothhammer7378]

Simon: "Space, the final frontier..." Me: "Make that bald Brit captain of the Enterprise!"

[@JeffMoody]

I'm so glad you covered this! It's one of the least covered astronomy features. The velocity of matter on the fringes of the void would take up to 8 times the current estimated age of the universe to have traveled from the center to It's current location. That's considering the current model of the early even distribution of matter.

[@Talisguy]

"Poor Boötes, doomed to circle forever in a vast sea of nothing. A fate...worse than death. Anyway-" "Oh no! Anyway-"

[@goosenotmaverick1156]

I knew I wasn't the only one that found humor in that 😂😂

[@murrygondwana7260]

We didn't know other galaxies existed until the 1920's, so it wouldn't have mattered much if it wasn't until the 1960's that we discovered them.

[@AlpieInternet]

I swear I find another of this guy’s channels every week

[@AlpieInternet]

HOW MANY CHANNELS DO YOU HAVE SIMON

[@Obironnkenobi]

@@AlpieInternet He's 3 channels away from being able to claim the enitre site as his own. Make way for SimonTube!

[@RobZadouch]

Same! I actually scrolled by, and my brain went "That was Simon"...amd here I am 😵‍💫

[@wanderingfool6312]

I just find the idea of being in a void as rather peaceful.

[@austinpark2161]

“The Biggest, Emptiest thing in the Universe: My Soul” OOOOHHHHHH

[@jacksonstarky8288]

If these voids contained Dyson spheres, we would still be able to detect their mass... and we don't.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

In the quiet of the night aboard the USS Enterprise, Commander Riker and Captain Picard found themselves in the captain's ready room, enjoying a rare moment of relaxation. The stars outside the window formed a mesmerizing backdrop, a reminder of the vastness of space they explored together. "Jean-Luc, do you ever tire of this endless journey?" Riker asked, his voice soft, almost reflective. Picard looked up from his book, a slight smile playing on his lips. "There are moments, Will, when the solitude of command can weigh heavily. But then, I think of the crew, of the friendships we've forged, and it all seems worthwhile." Riker nodded, understanding the sentiment all too well. "We've been through so much together. It's those bonds that keep us going, I think." The captain set his book aside and leaned back in his chair. "Indeed. It's not just the exploration of the unknown that drives us, but the connections we make along the way." There was a comfortable silence between them, one that spoke of years of mutual respect and camaraderie. Riker walked over to the replicator and ordered two glasses of Saurian brandy, handing one to Picard. "To friendship," Riker toasted, raising his glass. "To friendship," Picard echoed, clinking his glass against Riker's.

[@elfpimp1]

Nice.

[@aloc311]

No light means you can’t see. So it’s the same sensation as being in a sensory deprivation chamber.

[@bird65413]

Nothing escapes you. Thank you for not avoiding this seemingly empty subject.

[@johnarcher9480]

That side shot is just weird.

[@dannyxigbar7484]

This is where Astel, Natural born of the Void from Elden Ring comes from according to Fromsoftwares lore. This point in space was their inspiration for this enemy

[@alanway5]

bootes void is a landmark for the future of space travel

[@cdgunzblazewon6781]

Wow emptiness in space! What a concept!

[@williamrobertson892]

Great video. I can't help but feel like this would be a perfect video for a space channel named Outer Places though.

[@SeauxNOLALady]

If the void were full of Dyson Spheres, we would still be able to detect them because they would radiate immense amounts of heat which our infrared telescopes could easily detect. Also, astrophysicists have determined that the plausibility of a complete sphere is impractical and therefore unlikely to exist. Stars are not stationary objects, they rotate around a common center of mass making them wobble, and any slight deviation in position will cause fluctuations in the gravitational force upon the structure of the sphere, making it collapse or buckle in on itself. Not to mention the necessary material needed to construct a complete sphere would require the demolition of an entire planet like Mercury. The updated version of this superstructure is known as a “Dyson’s Swarm.” This is a collection of smaller, individual structures that orbit the star independently and are able to move along with its orbital fluctuations, and requires much less material to construct. Anywho, the likelihood of the void being a result of giant alien superstructures is non existent. The feasibility of these objects being undetectable to infrared telescopes is just impossible.

[@spazz351]

Thank you. Conspiracy theories do not advance scientific understanding.

[@ashardalondragnipurake]

you imagine a civilization capable and desiring of building dyson spheres around all stars in several galaxies would have waste heat and not use that for something why do you build or imagine your gods with your limitations

[@PizzaGrunt]

My God man, how many channels do you have? And why are they all great.

[@dukeon]

He now hosts every single channel.

[@michaeldowd8422]

I really enjoy my daily dose of lhe Wistler 👍

[@Mike-my7uf]

Ayyy...You're narrating more science channels? I'm here for it. Let's go!

[@tomholroyd7519]

Field galaxies are probably better places to look for advanced civilizations. Being left alone in your environment for billions of years is really helpful

[@wingracer1614]

That's kind of one of our many advantages. The Milky Way appears to be in a sort of mini-void.

[@infotime9151]

It's not nothing, it's what we don't understand yet. So, it's something but we just don't know what it is yet.

[@dukeon]

So it’s a “known unknown”? ツ

[@Noodles.FreeUkraine]

At first, I thought you were talking about my savings account. 😂

[@HenrySchecker]

What if the whole universe is the neurons of a giant brain? All those spiderweb galaxies just remind me of scans of brains firing off

[@evanblake5252]

Fun video. Nice breath of fresh air to visit something different from usual.

[@visionary4787]

The *REAL* twist is that emptiness *means* something. It’s a reminder that even in the vastness of space, there are places so desolate they make Earth’s worst desert look cozy. And yet, we stare into it, projecting theories about advanced civilizations or relics of the Big Bang. Maybe it’s just an interstellar shrug-or maybe it’s a snapshot of where the universe is heading: endless expansion and isolation. The Boötes Void feels less like "nothing" and more like the universe’s way of giving us a dark, existential nudge.

[@doctorjimrustlesmd]

So thats where the kamino system is. Knew they were making clones. Syfo dias told me so

[@stu8642]

Syfo-dias sounds quite similar to Sidious. Coincidence?

[@jamesmathews9098]

Your videos are all sooooooo informative! Thank you!

[@tdyerwestfield]

Fairly recent theories suggest that our galaxy is within a small void with our nearest neighbours over 2.5 million lightyears away rather than the average 161000 lightyears.

[@Flt.Hawkeye]

Luckily the Andromeda Galaxy and it's Satellite are on the way to the rescue.

[@spamuel98]

Holy crap, ANOTHER channel!? Factboy for supreme god emperor of mankind, he's juggling more responsibility than anyone in Warhammer.

[@scottbullock3045]

When does this guy sleep? All this content across at least five channels that I know of, damn!😮😊❤

[@IvoKintobor]

lol... today i found out, brain blaze, astro graphics, places, megaprojects, side projects, warographics, decoding the unknown, casual criminalist, into the shadows and old channels xplrd, geographics, biographics, top tenz, highlight history

[@scottbullock3045]

@IvoKintobor NINE channels then, wow. 😳👍

[@IvoKintobor]

@@scottbullock3045 10 current, 5 past

[@rcfp2006]

With each new channel become more convinced Simon has figured out cloning.

[@7-ten]

Silence you say? That sounds nice...

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

Time for Sailor Saturn? Okies ill go wake up Hotaru.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

In the whimsical land of Far Far Away, Shrek and Donkey discovered a connection that transcended friendship. Amidst their adventures, a deeper bond formed, defying societal norms. Their unconventional love story unfolded quietly, a tale of acceptance and understanding. Far from the conventional fairy tales, Shrek and Donkey navigated their feelings in a world that had yet to grasp the diversity of love. In the end, it wasn't the castle or the dragon that defined their happiness, but the genuine connection they found in each other, proving that love knows no boundaries, even in a swampy fairy tale realm.

[@brianegendorf2023]

My guess is that the bootes void is actually the result of many black holes combining over years and then eventually "running out of steam".

[@wingracer1614]

Not possible.

[@frankkutzler2758]

But if someone lived in one of those Bootes galaxies, wouldn't the experience be mostly like what we experience here on earth? When we look into the night sky, virtually everything we see is part of our galaxy. That smudge of light there is the Andromeda galaxy, but that's it. Sure, when the scientists looked harder, like we did, they'd discover that everything was pretty close to everything else, astronomically speaking. They'd conclude that the entire universe was a single galaxy, just like humans did before Hubble definitively proved that Andromeda was a galaxy separate from our own. It would have taken them longer to abandon the "island universe" theory that we held for decades, but they eventually would have. And they might wonder what it's like to live in such a crowded universe.

[@wingracer1614]

Yes things would basically be the same for them as it is for us. All us being there would mean is it would have taken us about 40 years longer to discover other galaxies.

[@Antimony26]

How many KZbin channels do you have??? P.s. always enjoy your vids

[@boudicaastorm4540]

I love the Bootes Void! I just think it's so damn cool for being different. Oh but, Ursa Major is not the name of the plough- the plough is only a part of the Ursa Major constellation, the Great Bear.

[@jamesleatherwood5125]

Ooh! An Astrographics X-over! 😊

[@ahdoeknogh]

If we can see across the universe far beyond the Bootes void, then why couldn't "folks" living in the void see out, across and beyond it as well?

[@wingracer1614]

They can

[@FoxyLittleNuggets]

BOO OH TEES - fuck sake Simon! :)

[@dukeon]

boh-OH-tees actually but yeah

[@philsmith2444]

We wouldn’t have known other galaxies existed until the 1960s. Wasn’t it only the 1920s when we learned that? 40 more years when compared to how long we’ve been observing the night sky doesn’t seem like a lot.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

Under the vast expanse of the starry night sky, three cowboys sat around a crackling fire, the warmth of the flames casting flickering shadows on their faces. As they passed around a flask of whiskey, the conversation drifted from tales of the trail to deeper, more personal matters. Jake, the eldest of the three, spoke first, his voice low and thoughtful. "Y'know," he began, "there's been talk of how in the old days, men would turn to each other for comfort in ways folks today might not understand. It wasn't just about gettin' by; it was about trust, connection, and sometimes… something more. It's said that those acts could bring men closer, build a bond that was as strong as any friendship." The other two cowboys, Sam and Will, nodded in agreement, their faces serious as they listened. Sam, always the thoughtful one, added, "Ain't no shame in it neither. Back then, you did what you had to do, but it wasn't just about needin' someone-it was about wantin' to be close to someone who understood you better than anyone else. They say those bonds could last a lifetime, stronger than the love of any woman." Will, the youngest, looked at the two older men, a mixture of curiosity and something else in his eyes. "Maybe it's somethin' worth tryin'," he said quietly, his voice barely above a whisper. As the night grew darker and the fire burned lower, the three men moved closer together, the weight of their conversation hanging in the air. They began to explore the intimacy they had spoken of, tentatively at first, then with growing confidence. As their bodies intertwined, the night was filled with sounds-wild, untamed noises that echoed the primal connection they were forging. In those moments, they discovered a new kind of bond, one that went beyond words and gestures, a bond that was as old as time itself. When the fire finally died down, they lay in silence, knowing that their friendship had been transformed in a way that only they could truly understand.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

Chase and Ed stood under the warm spray of the shower, steam swirling around them. Their laughter echoed off the tiles as they washed away the grime of the day. “You know,” Chase said, lathering shampoo into his scabs, “I was reading this article about the history of hand jobs. It’s fascinating.” Ed chuckled, rinsing soap off his arms. “Only you would find that interesting. What did it say?” “Well,” Chase began, “it turns out that hand jobs were a common part of male bonding rituals in some cultures. It was more about camaraderie than sex.” Ed raised an eyebrow. “Really? That’s pretty wild. Imagine explaining that to Sally.” They both laughed, the sound blending with the noise of the water. “Hey, knowledge is power,” Chase grinned, rinsing his hair. Ed nodded, smiling. “Just another quirky piece of trivia for the books. Only you, Chase.” Stepdaddymakemecum

[@denissavgir2881]

Its insane how this titanic vast-ass thinglessness is just 2% of the observable universe

[@dukeon]

Friendly FYI, Simon: The diaeresis on the second “o” indicates the start of a new syllable, so the reader _doesn’t_ run the two vowels together. Therefore, Boötes is spelled that way precisely to tell you it’s boh-OH-teez, not BOOTS (or BOOTS-tees). The New Yorker Magazine and a few other holdouts still uses the diaeresis this way in words like coördinate and naïve. I enjoyed when this was more common, sadly you rarely see it these days except in names like Chloë, Phoebë, and so on. The timeline for compound words with vowels meant to retain their independence basically went from reëlected to re-elected to the current favorite, reelected. I thought the diaereses were easy to understand and helpful for people learning English. But computer keyboards happened.

[@johankaewberg8162]

The Ring. Stephen Baxter prophesied that there is where the Xeele are building their exit from our universe Double torus of condensed matter, highly charged, rotating at near light speed. This allows not only closed time-like loops, but portals to a different continuum.

[@vandaahll]

Saying the milkyway fits billions of times in the bootes void does nothing for my comprehension of how big it is.

[@robaba89]

There's a Lemon Jelly song called "Page 1" that encourages you to imagine nothing. It's sick af.

[@EskWIRED]

Anything that you can imagine is something and not nothing. If you can imagine it, it is a thing.

[@TheDJMeyer85]

This sounds exactly like the crevice between the driver’s seat and the center arm rest in my car

[@BrianTBooher]

This video would make a great drinking gamefor each time Simon mispronounces "Boötes" because it shows he didn't do enough research. This sounds like something of a research paper done by a high schooler.

[@tenzhitihsien888]

Space... the final frontier. It's really big. You may think it's a long way through a wormhole to the Delta Quadrant but that's just nuts to space.

[@stefghost68]

Wow you made me think a lot about nothing. Simon well done.. good work.

[@ro4eva]

The Booty Void, as I call it, is intriguing because such an existence gnaws at that which is in our nature.

[@SubiLifeCo]

Mind blown at minute 3:00 now i need a nap

[@WildernessGirl21]

Böötes is NOT empty. It is extremely lacking in galaxies, but it is not empty. The galaxies inside it are just far and few and they cannot be viewed from each other due to distance.

[@devinsummer5838]

What's the point of this comment?

[@Gundamzerowing1]

Please tell me you watched the video before commenting

[@z-beeblebrox]

The largest most terrifyingly vast region of empty space in the fucking universe and we decided to call it the "Booties" void like come ON. "Oh yeah, those triangular structures in Egypt? Yeah we call those our Pointy Bois, that's their official name. This ring of massive ancient stones? That's Fuzzy Slipper Henge."

[@serioserkanalname499]

>Boötes Void, also called the great nothing. >Look inside. >60 galaxies.

[@Forsworcen]

If we were in the center of that void we wouldn’t have known about the rest of the universe existing until the Hubble Telescope was built. The void is so empty and vast that the few galaxies inside it are literally too far away from each other to be seen with the naked eye.

[@xBINARYGODx]

60 galaxies in a space that size is basically empty - statistically speaking

[@xBINARYGODx]

fun related fact - the average density of stars outside of a galaxy is 1/10 of what it is inside - so you can star hop between galaxies "easily".

[@comlitbeta7532]

​@@xBINARYGODx i guess there is something lost in simplification here because i just don't believe that at all

[@ArtFreeman]

I have read that space is not empty but filled with quantum operations. Also, oceans and desserts are not empty.

[@anthonyfrench3169]

This is cool, but wouldn't this better fit Celestrium?

[@s.p.1434]

Ah. You never forget your first void, do ya?

[@ChuvaktheGreat]

I wonder how many rogue worlds and lonely stars exist in that void, it’s not completely empty, just exceedingly less dense. That’s still likely trillions upon trillions of stars, worlds, and small rocky objects within the 300 million odd light years of the void. Not counting the 60 galaxies within it of course. Hell maybe even hundreds of trillions? More? Such information is hard to quantify.

[@baruchben-david4196]

I'm pretty sure Boötes is pronounced something like bo-AH-teez. Back in the day, we used to spell "cooperate" as "coöperate." So I'm pretty sure the same applies to this name.

[@Nadia.A.]

“a fate worse than death” (Brief pause) “Anyway..”

[@EmJayOh83]

I think my dad once had a shirt similar to the one worn by the presenter.

[@elfpimp1]

Good observation. Now I want one. 👍

[@dukeon]

He does. I’ve seen it.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

Eli and James had always shared a close bond, but tonight, the tension between them felt different. At the Halloween party, amidst laughter and whispered dares, they found themselves in an impromptu game that had everyone watching. The dim lights cast soft shadows across their faces as they locked eyes, both knowing what was about to happen. Their friends cheered them on, but for Eli and James, the moment was electric with something unspoken. Slowly, they leaned toward each other, the scent of cologne mixing with excitement as their hands steadied the rim of the bowl placed teasingly inside James's waistband. As Eli lowered his face, the cool water splashed slightly against his cheeks, heightening every sensation. His breath brushed against James's stomach, causing a sharp intake of breath that only Eli noticed. His lips grazed an apple as he struggled to keep his focus, but all he could feel was James’s presence, so close, so inviting. Finally, Eli caught the apple with his teeth, but before pulling away, their eyes met again, and a soft grin spread across James's face. The room may have been filled with laughter and teasing remarks, but for the two boys, time seemed to pause in the shared intensity of the moment. When Eli finally pulled back, the apple dropped to the floor, but it didn’t matter. They were both left breathless, feeling the charge between them that no one else seemed to notice. A spark had ignited in the most unexpected of games, and they knew that this night would change things. Without a word, James’s fingers lingered a little longer at Eli's side, a silent promise of what was to come.

[@WildernessGirl21]

More than likely, there just isn't enough matter OR gravity to make the voids more populated.

[@tomholroyd7519]

0:33 Imagine something complete black --- apparently you can't there are white worms everywhere

[@benzomanic2972]

There is a void in my bootes

[@MrJudeWanamaker]

Underrated comment

[@XM177ColtCommando]

"Somebody's poisoned the supermassive black hole!"

[@vertigoz]

Well we only discovered Andromeda to be a galaxy just recently, before we assumed it to be a cloud of sorts

[@LordLOC]

My word, how many channels do you have??! I'm subbed to like 3 or 4 at least by now, I guess here's another one? lol how do you have any sort of life with this number of channels to post on?! Good on you though.

[@TheForeignGamer]

8:29 Looks like Simon's hand entered the Boötes Void!

[@pandoraeeris7860]

It's crazy to think that the Milky Way is near the center of KBC.

[@brandonvasser5902]

Basically all popular physicists agree that complex life is INCREDIBLY rare, though the galaxies may be filled with (extremely) basic life. To the point that its likely that we are the only COMPLEX life in this galaxy, at this moment. And further that it is likely that no intelligent life has ever visited other intelligent life in the history of the universe. It would be a miracle to even detect another civilization is what the Fermi paradox is telling us.

[@mikehundeshagen5995]

Nahhh…I‘m more like a optimistic Drake equation dude: their are a whole bunch of other civilizations waiting for us to grow out of our evolutionary kindergarden behaviors.^^

[@davidpotash7256]

@@mikehundeshagen5995As you outline a kindergartner’s perspective

[@djdrack4681]

I describe them as 'institutional scientists': the ones that were strict taught 'to think like predecessors', funded by universities/gov. They're the ones that can't begin to bear the idea of Gen./Spec Relativity and Std Model being obsolete/false.

[@HandyMan657]

They only know what they think they know. Rare only because they think so.

[@wingracer1614]

@@djdrack4681 Well, if you want people to believe special and general relativity are false, you would need to show where they are wrong. Yet EVERY single test, time after time has shown they are right.

[@rmc224]

Is a void a place? My brain hurts.

[@stoobydootoo4098]

Avoid!

[@julianaylor4351]

Yep.

[@wingracer1614]

It can be. It can also be a cat. I have a void and she is very sweet. For those meme challenged, all black cats are often called voids. They tend to be invisible in shadow unless they are looking at you, then all you see is eyeballs and fangs.

[@rmc224]

@wingracer1614 I was blessed to adopt 2 voids as kittens. I loved when they slept together because it was a big blob of blackness. If I woke them up, suddenly, two heads would pop up I miss my voids.

[@kylie-chan]

16:00 i mean i know probably is extremely low but its definitely a curious thought because it is technically plausible. No matter how small the odds are they arent zero. But ya more then likely empty space lol but i like the curious thought

[@PhilBertran]

Take me out into the black, tell them I'm not coming back...

[@kevinbrooks9074]

Racist

[@PhilBertran]

@kevinbrooks9074 no, child

[@kevinbrooks9074]

@@PhilBertran Eli and James had always shared a close bond, but tonight, the tension between them felt different. At the Halloween party, amidst laughter and whispered dares, they found themselves in an impromptu game that had everyone watching. The dim lights cast soft shadows across their faces as they locked eyes, both knowing what was about to happen. Their friends cheered them on, but for Eli and James, the moment was electric with something unspoken. Slowly, they leaned toward each other, the scent of cologne mixing with excitement as their hands steadied the rim of the bowl placed teasingly inside James's waistband. As Eli lowered his face, the cool water splashed slightly against his cheeks, heightening every sensation. His breath brushed against James's stomach, causing a sharp intake of breath that only Eli noticed. His lips grazed an apple as he struggled to keep his focus, but all he could feel was James’s presence, so close, so inviting. Finally, Eli caught the apple with his teeth, but before pulling away, their eyes met again, and a soft grin spread across James's face. The room may have been filled with laughter and teasing remarks, but for the two boys, time seemed to pause in the shared intensity of the moment. When Eli finally pulled back, the apple dropped to the floor, but it didn’t matter. They were both left breathless, feeling the charge between them that no one else seemed to notice. A spark had ignited in the most unexpected of games, and they knew that this night would change things. Without a word, James’s fingers lingered a little longer at Eli's side, a silent promise of what was to come.

[@PhilBertran]

@@kevinbrooks9074 TL; DR

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

I was surprised to learn WE are on the edge of a void. Not congested, That might help life to thrive.

[@BVibezCDN]

What terrifies me is a simple question: if that’s what things were like billions of years ago…. What does everything between that and us look like… today?

[@wingracer1614]

Basically the same. On astronomic time scales, things change very slowly.

[@kevinbrooks9074]

Blacks

[@OrchestrationOnline]

Stop saying the universe's vast Boötes is a desert. You secretly wish your Boötes was that vast.