The cosmic web (artist's impression)
Date: 10 March 2020
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Copyright: Volker Springel (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics) et al.
In shaping the Universe, gravity builds a vast cobweb-like structure of filaments tying galaxies and clusters of galaxies together along invisible bridges hundreds of millions of light-years long. This is known as the cosmic web.
Last Update: 10 March 2020
