A new image reveals the structure of the cosmic web
Oct 3, 2019 · A computer simulation shows the cosmic web, filaments of gas that link neighboring galaxies. Colors indicate the brightness of the light emitted by the gas, with red regions being …
Astronomers spotted shock waves shaking the cosmic web
Mar 6, 2023 · Studying these elusive shock waves could give scientists a better look at the mysterious magnetic fields that permeate the cosmic web.
Meet Porphyrion, the largest pair of black hole jets ever seen
Sep 18, 2024 · High-energy jets emerge from two sides of a black hole (illustrated). The black hole resides in a galaxy that is part of a filament of the cosmic web (silvery wisps). E. …
‘The Cosmic Web’ weaves tale of universe’s architecture
Jan 24, 2016 · This web arose in the wake of the Big Bang and stretched from subatomic sizes to cosmic proportions during the subsequent 13.8 billion years of cosmic expansion.
Filament of cosmic web set aglow - Science News
Jan 20, 2014 · Astronomers say they have glimpsed a brightly lit strand of the cosmic web, the universe’s underlying structure
A neutrino mass mismatch could shake cosmology’s foundations
Sep 20, 2024 · As the youthful universe congealed under the pull of gravity, matter knotted itself into galaxies, galaxy clusters and filaments, weaving a dazzlingly intricate cosmic web. This …
Cosmic filaments may be the biggest spinning objects in space
Jun 22, 2021 · A computer simulation shows how a cosmic filament twists galaxies and dark matter into a strand of the cosmic web. Filaments pull matter into rotation and toward clusters …
How slime mold helped scientists map out the cosmic web
Mar 17, 2020 · Tapping a similarity between a slime mold’s lacy web and the vast threads of matter that connect galaxies, astronomers visualized the cosmic web.
How to make the cosmic web give up the matter it’s hiding
Oct 11, 2017 · Half the ordinary matter in the universe is unaccounted for. Astronomers may now have a new way to see it spanning the space between galaxies.
Here are some astounding scientific firsts of 2023 - Science News
Dec 18, 2023 · Here are some astounding scientific firsts of 2023 In this simulation of the cosmic web, shock waves along filaments emit radio light (pink) as they ripple through magnetic fields …