This is rather exciting, man when I read things like this I always wish I got a job in physics… Anyway the large void in space that spans 1 billion light years may turn modern cosmology on its head apparently.

The standard model of cosmology – that is, the big bang, cold dark matter universe – is founded on the assumption that the distribution of matter (both normal and dark) becomes evenly spread at sufficiently large scales. Look in one spot in the sky and then another and they should appear nearly the same, they say. There shouldn’t be a big hole in one spot and a giant cluster of matter in another.

Source: NewScientist Space Blog

Looks like astronomers have yet something else to ponder. Man what other field of science can turn itself over with one observation? 😀 Awesome.