cosmic web

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Shedding Light On The Cosmic Skeleton

ScienceDaily  Wed, 11/04/2009 - 01:15

Astronomers have tracked down a gigantic, previously unknown assembly of galaxies located almost seven billion light-years away from us.

The discovery, made possible by combining two of the most powerful ground-based telescopes in the world, is the first observation of such a prominent galaxy structure in the distant Universe, providing further insight into the cosmic web and how it formed.