Does a cell in my toenail know it is part of Me? Would it worship me with the fervour of a Zealot if it did? When I smite it for growing in an unruly fashion does it curse my holy name? #cosmicweb
#Researchers at the University of Kansas (KU) hope to better understand intricate #mechanisms behind the evolution of #galaxies, which travel through a "#cosmicweb" of different environments during their lifespans.
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.
The #universe is filled with filamentary structures of dark and visible matter that make up the “cosmic web”, as suggested in this #artist’s rendering of cosmic bubbles and connected clumps. In this issue are considered the latest #research into its origins and evolution.
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WRITER FUEL: Astronomers have detected enormous shockwaves rattling the cosmic web that connects all galaxies in the universe, offering vital clues on how the largest structures in space were shaped.
Check out our paper on the vast expanses discovered and charted by our Cosmicflows research program, published recently in the Cosmo of ’69 Cosmology Blog. Many thanks to Jenny Wagner and her team for their invitation to write in this new venue.
a map of the galaxy density field spanning over 700 million light years. Note how insignificant is our Local Group, that is, our home group of galaxies, in the grand scheme of things!
James Webb telescope detects the earliest strand in the 'cosmic web' ever seen (www.space.com)
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a clump of ancient galaxies that may be the oldest strand of the "cosmic web" ever detected.