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This Picture of the Week shows the clearest image yet of a filament from the cosmic web of dark matter!

Captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) in #Chile and made of gas clumped together by the influence of dark matter, it stretches out for 3 million light-years, connecting two distant galaxies in the early Universe 😯

Observing the faint glow of this gas required about 150 hours of observing time!

Learn more here: eso.org/public/images/potw2504…

📷 ESO/D. Tornotti et al./Hubble: M. Revalski, P. Francis et al.

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

The image shows countless stars and galaxies in the background. Two galaxies are shown at the forefront, each with a bright nucleus, which indicates the presence of a quasar. The galaxies appear like large nebulae, without a concrete shape. The content of the galaxies extend beyond their immediate shape, forming a bridge that connects the two galaxies. This bridge is a cosmic filament.

Revealing a filament from the cosmic web

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#science #chile #astronomy #Astrophysics #Space #Astrodon

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