I'd be something in nothing.

I'm fascinated by the emptiness of space. Sure there's much in space. Billions of galaxies. Each with billions of solar systems. And quite possibly many forms of life. But astronomers have also discovered vast amounts of empty space. Devoid of any and everything. For instance, there's a void about 1,000 times the volume of what would be expected in typical cosmic gaps. "It's hard even for astronomers to picture how big these things are," said University of Minnesota Professor Lawrence Rudnick. "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 a billion years before you would get to the other side." The void is roughly 6-10 billion light years away from Earth. The reason the void exists is not known. "That's going to be a challenge for people that work on the development of the structure of the universe," Rudnick said. "It's a very hot topic in the cosmology right now." Personally, I'd like to explore the region of nothingness. At least I'd be there. And I'm something. --Jim Broede