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cosmic web

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noun

  1. a network of filaments of dark matter, believed by many astronomers to form the basis of the universe

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Galaxies, galaxy clusters, filaments, and walls of the cosmic web are all regions packed with matter.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Over the next 5-10-20 billion years the exact number doesn't matter the cosmic web will slowly fade as expanding voids stretch everything farther apart.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

As we watch the struggles between Insuk, Huran and Sungho, we reflect on what it means to make a place, not only in this world but in the cosmic web of history and time.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Known as the "cosmic web," a term that was coined in 1996 by the University of Toronto's Richard Bond, it provides the building blocks for infrastructure of the universe.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2023

A second tension is over an independent parameter called S8, which describes the clumpiness of matter in the cosmic web of galaxies.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2023