A research team led by Professor Woong-bae Zee at Sejong University has uncovered compelling evidence that the distinctive ...

Scientists have observed the largest-known rotating structure in the cosmos - a gargantuan thread-like assemblage of hundreds ...

If not in visible stars and galaxies, the most likely hiding place for the matter is in the dark space between galaxies.

The discovery potentially transforms what we think about how the cosmic environment influences galaxies as they form.

A newly-detected spinning galaxy filament is reshaping our understanding of cosmic structure, gas flows, and the origins of ...

Researchers have found a razor-thin, rotating string of galaxies inside a massive cosmic filament, revealing unexpected ...

Keck Observatory reports that spectroscopy from its Keck Cosmic Web Imager, combined with data from NASA’s James Webb and ...

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, ...

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Scientists observed a massive, rotating filament consisting of galaxies, gas, and dark matter in the cosmic web, located 140 million light-years from Earth. This structure, assessed using the MeerKAT ...

Discover cosmic filaments, the universe's vast structures connecting galaxies, shaping their formation and growth through ...

Galaxies in the universe trace patterns on very large scales; there are large empty regions (called “voids”) and dense regions where the galaxies exist. This distribution is called the cosmic web. The ...