According to astronomer Greg Aldering, the scale of the void is such that "If the Milky Way had been in the center of the Boötes void, we wouldn't have known there were other galaxies until the 1960s."
Enligt astronomen Greg Aldering så är storleken på tomrummet såpass stort att: Ifall Vintergatan varit beläget i centrum av Björnvaktarens tomrum, så hade vi inte vetat att de funnits andra galaxer tills 1960-talet.