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The Universe hides a gigantic structure invisible to the naked eye. Galaxies organize themselves into a network called the cosmic web. This cosmic web, the largest known natural structure, connects ...

Observations of a galaxy from an early period of the Universe’s history reveal a bar-shaped structure and gas dynamics thought not to have been possible at that time. In broad brushstrokes, galaxies ...

The scaffolding that holds the large-scale structure of the universe constitutes galaxies, dark matter and gas (from which stars are forming), organized in complex networks known as the cosmic web.