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Scientists capture extremely rare image of ancient ‘cosmic web' linking galaxies

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Scientists from the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy and the Max Planck Institute in Germany have captured a highly detailed image of cosmic filaments connecting two galaxies from when the universe was just two billion years old .

Cosmic filaments, which stretch across millions of light-years , form the "cosmic web" These filaments string galaxies together, funneling gas into them and facilitating their growth.

Dark matter dominates normal matter, providing structure and shaping the filaments of the cosmic web.