Giant Rotating Cosmic Filament Rewrites How Galaxies Get Their Spin
TL;DR
An Oxford-led team identifies a giant, razor-thin cosmic filament about 140 million light-years away that is rotating with galaxies aligned to its spin, offering new insights into how galaxies acquire angular momentum and evolve. The finding, enabled by MeerKAT’s MIGHTEE survey and complemented by DESI and SDSS data, challenges existing models of galaxy formation within the cosmic web.
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