simulation of the cosmic web (IMAGE)

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simulation of the cosmic web

Caption

A simulation of the cosmic web - a vast, three-dimensional “spider web” of gas filaments crisscrossing in the cosmos. Rather than being randomly distributed, galaxies tend to cluster at the nodes of the cosmic web, depicted by the red regions, forming protoclusters such as G237.

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International Gemini Observatory-NOIRLab-NSF-AURA-G. L. Bryan-M. L. Norman

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