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Intergalactic Gas

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astronomy10 days ago•6 min saved

Cosmic Web in Sharp Focus: Direct Picture Maps the Universe’s Hidden Gas Highways

Astronomers using the VLT's MUSE instrument captured the clearest image yet of a cosmic filament—about 3 million light-years long—connecting two actively forming galaxies when the universe was ~2 billion years old. The direct detection of faint intergalactic gas, traveling roughly 12 billion years to Earth, aligns with simulations and offers new insight into how gas flows through the cosmic web to fuel galaxy growth and star formation.

via ScienceDaily|

#astronomy #cosmic-web #dark-matter

innovation2 months ago•11 min saved

MOTHRA sprint starts: 1,140 lenses to map the cosmic web

Construction has begun on MOTHRA, the world’s largest all-lens telescope, which uses 1,140 Canon telephoto lenses as a distributed aperture to detect faint hydrogen gas linking galaxies and map the cosmic web, revealing the distribution of dark matter. Built at the El Sauce Observatory in Chile, it aims to begin scientific observations by the end of 2026, funded by Alex Gerko and Convergent Research as part of the Dragonfly FRO initiative.

via Interesting Engineering|

#cosmic-web #dark-matter #dragonfly-fro

science10 months ago•3 min saved

Astronomers Uncover Cosmic Web Connecting Distant Galaxies

Scientists have confirmed the existence of the missing 40% of matter in the universe by using Fast Radio Bursts and X-ray observations, aligning observations with cosmological models and completing our understanding of the universe's matter composition.

via IFLScience|

#cosmic-web #dark-matter #frbs

science11 months ago•4 min saved

Scientists finally locate the universe's elusive 'missing' matter

Scientists have identified a filament of hot, diffuse gas in the Shapley Supercluster that accounts for some of the universe's missing baryonic matter, aligning observations with cosmological models and helping to resolve the long-standing missing-baryon problem.

via Earth.com|

#cosmic-web #intergalactic-gas #missing-matter

science11 months ago•4 min saved

Record-Breaking Cosmic Discoveries Reveal Unique Galactic Phenomena

Astronomers discovered the largest-ever cloud of energetic particles around a galaxy cluster, stretching nearly 20 million light-years, driven by turbulence and shockwaves rather than galaxies, challenging existing models and revealing new insights into cosmic magnetic fields and energy transfer in the universe.

via SciTechDaily|

#cosmic-rays #galaxy-cluster #intergalactic-gas