A massive filament of gas and dust, designated X7, has been elongated during its long approach to the Milky Way galaxy's supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. See W.M. Keck Observatory imagery of X7 ...

A cosmic filament, 3 million light-years long, has been directly imaged for the first time — offering a new glimpse into the ...

Scientists have captured the most detailed image of a cosmic filament which could lead to a better understanding of galaxy ...

Researchers have captured an extremely rare image of a cosmic filament connecting two galaxies when the universe was just two ...

The Phoenix Cluster's central galaxy is about 5.8 billion light-years away and should be mostly done with star formation. Many galaxy clusters have a region of hot gas in the intracluster medium (ICM) ...

Despite its whimsical name, Quipu (pronounced “kee-poo”) is the largest confirmed superstructure in the universe to date in ...

A nebula that neighbors the Milky Way galaxy happens to be a powerhouse of forging stars, "a bouquet of thousands of stars in ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

A team of researchers has identified the largest superstructure ever reliably characterized in the universe. This discovery, ...

An international team of astronomers has captured the most detailed image ever of a cosmic filament, a vast structure of gas ...

Scientists have identified what might be the largest structure ever found in the universe —a massive web of galaxy clusters ...