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An artist’s impression of the cosmic web. It looks like a vast cobweb-like structure or mostly purple and some orange filaments on a black background.

New map of the universe's matter reveals a possible hole in our understanding of the cosmos

By Ben Turner published

The cosmic web is a gigantic network of crisscrossing celestial superhighways that connects nearly everything in the universe.

Physics & Mathematics
An artist’s impression of the cosmic web. It looks like a vast cobweb-like structure or mostly purple and some orange filaments on a black background.

Giant voids of nothingness may be flinging the universe apart

By Paul Sutter published

Dark energy could be caused by pressure from giant voids of nothingness that may be flinging the universe apart.

Cosmology
A supercomputer simulation shows massive stars forming (red) in a cloud of ancient gas.

The oldest, brightest black holes in the universe were born from violent gas attacks, new study suggests

By Brandon Specktor published

Researchers found that streams of cold gas could create 'seeds' of quasars — ultraluminous supermassive black holes — in the early universe, solving a decades-old mystery.

Black Holes
An image of the G237 protocluster with its galaxies in different colors representing different wavelengths of observations.

Enormous 'shipyard' of ancient galaxies discovered 11 billion light-years away

By Patrick Pester published

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a massive protocluster 11 billion light-years away that acts as an assembly yard for over 60 emerging galaxies.

Cosmology
Galaxy clusters in the "cosmic web."

Is there a pattern to the universe?

By Paul Sutter published

For decades, cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal — that is, if it looks the same no matter how large the scale.

Cosmology
This optical image of the Abell 3391/95 system is superimposed onto other images showing the density of gas (darker areas have higher density) and the radio outlines (yellow).

Gargantuan chunk of 'cosmic web' discovered. It's 50 million light-years long.

By Brandon Specktor published

Astronomers discover one of the longest filaments of the cosmic web. And it may help solve the puzzle of the universe's missing matter.

Cosmology
south pole wall view in purple

Astronomers discover South Pole Wall, a gigantic structure stretching 1.4 billion light-years across

By Adam Mann published

Strands in the intergalactic web

Astronomy
eagle visualization

How dark is the cosmic web?

By Paul Sutter published

A dark web ties the universe together. Now, we can see it.

Cosmology
Makani nebula outflow

Astronomers Discover Glowing 'Galactic Ghoul'

By James Geach published

Astronomers have just observed a ghostly nebula of gas resembling the shape of an hourglass, surrounding a known galaxy. This ghoulish structure has dwarfed the galaxy it is surrounding.

Astronomy
A simulation shows the glowing filaments of the cosmic web — a highway of hydrogen connecting galaxies across the universe.

First-Ever Image of the 'Cosmic Web' Reveals the Gassy Highway That Connects the Universe

By Brandon Specktor published

A groundbreaking new image provides direct evidence of a 'cosmic web' of gas that links every galaxy in the universe.

Cosmology
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