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First photographs of the ‘cosmic net’ reveal hidden dwarf galaxies – The Shepherd of the Hills Gazette

Cosmological models had long predicted the existence of filaments — gas in which galaxies are created — but no images had been captured of the

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Cosmological models had long predicted the existence of filaments — gas in which galaxies are created — but no images had been captured of the phenomenon, except in the vicinity of quasars, which are astronomical objects of high luminosity found in the centers of some galaxies.The cosmic web is the building block of the cosmos — consisting primarily of dark matter and laced with gas — on which galaxies are built.Using the MUSE instrument, scientists studied a region in the sky called the Hubble…

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