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    First-ever direct image of the cosmic web reveals the Universe’s hidden highways

    May 20, 2026, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Image of the sky in the direction of the MUDF observations (MUSE Ultra Deep Field, the region targeted by MUSE). The cosmic filament is shown in purple; the galaxies visible in front and behind are shown in colour. The two galaxies at the edge of the structure, surrounded by clouds of gas, host supermassive black holes at their centres, visible in blue.
    © Joseph DePasquale/Space Telescope Science Institute

    Astronomers have revealed the sharpest image ever captured of a filament in the cosmic web — the enormous hidden structure connecting galaxies across the Universe. The glowing strand stretches 3 million light-years and links two galaxies from nearly 12 billion years ago...

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