Scientists share groundbreaking image of the 'cosmic web' connecting 2 galaxies near the dawn of time

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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" connecting two distant galaxies. The discovery opens new windows for understanding how structures form and evolve in the universe.

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In a revolutionary advance for cosmology, an international team of researchers has obtained the clearest image to date of a cosmic filament connecting two galaxies in formation. This discovery, made after hundreds of hours of observation with the spectrograph MUSE at the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in [...]

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Imagine a luminous filament with a staggering length of three million light-years, connecting two galaxies in full formation to a time when the Universe was still young, only two billion years old. It is not a science fiction concept, but a recent discovery made by astronomers thanks to state-of-the-art instruments. Photographed for [...]

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NASA Spent 10 Years Reconstructing This Breathtaking 417 Megapixel Image of This Galaxy Located 2.5m Light-Years Away

For over a decade, the Hubble Space Telescope meticulously observed our closest galactic neighbor, capturing over 1,000 orbits’ worth of data. The result? A breathtaking 417-megapixel image of the Andromeda Galaxy, revealing an intricate tapestry of over 200 million stars and traces of a violent past. This unprecedented view not only showcases the galaxy’s beauty but also provides compelling evidence of a long-ago cosmic collision that reshaped …

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Scientist image 3-million-light-year-long 'cosmic web' ensnaring 2 galaxies for 1st time

Astronomers have been able to image gas as it travels down a 3 million light-year-long cosmic highway between two growing galaxies ensnared in the cosmic web.