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Filament

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A small portion of DESI’s year-five map in which the large-scale structure of the Universe, created by gravity, is visible; each dot represents a galaxy; the denser areas indicate regions where galaxies and galaxy clusters have clumped together to form the strands of the cosmic web; also seen are large voids between the filaments. Image credit: DESI Collaboration / DESI Member Institutions / DOE / KPNO / NOIRLab / NSF / AURA / R. Proctor / M. Zamani, NSF’s NOIRLab.
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Record-Breaking Map Charts Universe in 3D Like Never Before

  • April 17, 2026
Astronomers using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) on NSF’s Nicholas U. Mayall 4-m telescope have produced the…
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A figure illustrating the rotation of neutral hydrogen (right) in galaxies residing in an extended filament (middle), where the galaxies exhibit a coherent bulk rotational motion tracing the large-scale cosmic web (left). Image credit: Lyla Jung.
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Astronomers Discover 50-Million-Light-Year-Long Spinning Cosmic Web Filament

  • December 8, 2025
The newly-discovered galaxy filament spans at least 50 million light-years and resides 140 million light-years away. The galaxies…
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