cosmic web

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

They are enormous thread like networks of galaxies and dark matter that create the framework of the cosmic web.

From Science Daily

These observations help scientists understand how angular momentum moves through the cosmic web and shapes galaxy structure, rotation, and star formation.

From Science Daily

"Researchers around the world are using the quasar map to measure everything from the initial density fluctuations that seeded the cosmic web to the distribution of cosmic voids to the motion of our solar system through the universe."

From Science Daily

If numerous and pervasive enough, these primordial black holes could function as the dark matter that knits the cosmic web together with its gravity and is thought to make up 85% of the matter in the universe.

From Science Magazine

Given the universe’s 13.8-billion-year age and light’s finite speed, that means Euclid will probe the cosmic web’s evolution from a time close to when the first stars were forming.

From Scientific American