• WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social
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      3 hours ago

      In astronomy, Galaxy clusters are just areas where the density of galaxies is above average and voids are areas where the density is below average. Galaxies attract each other, so the material for Galaxy clusters has to come from somewhere, and that somewhere is voids.

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      I think it’s to do with the combined gravity of the “strings” of galaxies, stars, etc. being far stronger than nearly nothing.