Using data from the Keck Cosmic Web Imager, an animation has been created that "reveals a 3-D slice through a network of hydrogen gas filaments that crisscross the spaces between galaxies," according ...

Image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, showing two dwarf galaxies (NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, depicted as glowing hues) connected by a wispy bridge of gas (seen as a red stream). There are ...

Cosmic web Created using data from the JWST, this map shows how dark matter acts as the hidden framework on which visible ...

A figure illustrating the rotation of a newly discovered cosmic filament. (Seoyoung Lyla Jung/University of Oxford) (CN) — It appears the more we investigate the universe for answers, the more ...

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Rotating razor-thin galaxy string found 140 million light-years away shows many galaxies spinning with their filament, hinting that large structures shape galaxy rotation. Cosmic filaments are the ...

Discover why astronomy and cosmology are the universe's mapmakers. Discover how scientists trace galaxies, the cosmic web, and the large-scale architecture of our entire existence in three dimensions ...

You could swim through the deepest voids and encounter a single hydrogen atom in an entire football field's worth of space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Look up on a dark night and the stars seem scattered at random. Step back in scale, though, and the Universe looks nothing like a loose dusting. On its largest stretches, matter forms a vast web.