Matter in intergalactic space is distributed in a vast network of interconnected filamentary structures, collectively ...

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Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory in Chile have imaged a filament of the cosmic ...

On a large scale, the universe is like a complex spider web, full of cosmic filaments of gas, dust and dark matter, separated by large voids. Now, in a remarkable new image, researchers captured one ...

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"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the cosmic web through direct measurements." When you purchase through links on ...