Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together.

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How does one chart the universe when the entire observable part of it lies hidden behind dust and the glow of distant ...

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On the largest scales possible, the universe resembles a web of light spun by an inconceivably large spider. Now, astronomers have detected very faint light from these cosmic web filaments in the deep ...

For the first time, scientists have directly observed something called the “cosmic web,” a vast network of hydrogen channels believed to connect all the galaxies in the universe. Astrophysicists were ...

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When we look for “the biggest” in the universe, it is important to specify our definition of the object of study. Is it something indivisible and with a neat boundary, like a black hole? Or do we ...

Creeping tendrils of slime seem to mirror the structure of the universe’s enormous filaments. That superficial similarity, in an organism called a slime mold, helped scientists map out the cosmic web, ...

On a scale that’s hard to fathom, the universe is made up of a “cosmic web” of hydrogen filaments that feed and form galaxies. Now, astronomers have made the first direct observations of light from ...

The latest study presented to the world talks about seeing shockwaves in the cosmic web, and this is the first time that this was observed by researchers in the universe's existence. This latest ...

The cosmic web responsible for “gluing” the far-flung galaxies of the universe together has been directly observed for the first time ever. Scientists using the European Southern Observatory’s Very ...