Wicked High-Definition Image of the Cosmic Web Shows the Universe’s Dark Matter Scaffolding
New data reveals a 3-million-light-year filament connecting two galaxies, each of which hosts a supermassive black hole.
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An Enormous, Branching String of Galaxy Clusters Is the Largest Known Structure in the Universe, Scientists Say
The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...
Largest celestial object of its kind discovered in the distant universe
Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...
Release of Type Ia supernovae data may hold key to the history of the universe
A unique dataset of Type Ia supernovae being released today could change how cosmologists measure the expansion history of ...
One large Milky Way galaxy or many galaxies?
In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...
Supercomputer simulations of giant radio galaxy formation challenge current theoretical models
Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...
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Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of time
After hundreds of hours of observations, researchers captured a highly detailed image of a long filament of the "cosmic web" ...
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Largest Structure In The Near Universe Discovered – 130,000 Times More Massive Than Our Galaxy
It is not surprising that there are regions that are more densely populated by galaxies, and regions that are less populated.
ESA's Euclid spacecraft spots 'stunning' rare Einstein Ring in far off galaxy
A European Space Agency telescope has discovered its first "extremely rare" Einstein ring in a galaxy "not too far away" ...
Astronomers just found the largest known object in the entire universe
Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.
Space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...
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Enormous Galaxy Clusters Found to be 1.3 Billion Light-Years Wide, Deemed to be The Largest Known Structure
Enormous Galaxy Clusters Found to be 1.3 Billion Light-Years Wide, Deemed to be The Largest Known Structure In a monumental ...