article_snippet.sent: Hawaii scientists say a supervoid may account for an anomaly in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) of the universe, shown bottom right.
article_snippet.sent: Statistically, we are very confident that a supervoid is there,’ Dr András Kovács, who was involved in the study, told MailOnline.
article_snippet.sent: MailOnline said that a supervoid appears to be ‘roughly spherical’, and a supervoid may even contain a ‘significant substructure’ at a supervoid centre; a void within a void.
article_snippet.sent: A supervoid is not empty, but rather a region of space that has less matter than other parts of the universe.
article_snippet.sent: The supervoid is thought to be causing a 'less-dense' region of the universe (illustration of empty space shown).
article_snippet.sent: However, the supervoid can only account for about half of the entire Cold Spot, suggesting there might still be some exotic physics at play.
article_snippet.sent: the researchers note, though, that it is ‘very unlikely’ that the supervoid and the Cold Spot being in the same location are a coincidence.
highlights_snippet.sent: Hawaii scientists say a supervoid may account for a cosmic anomaly .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The object is thought to be causing a 'less-dense' region of the universe .
  