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Astronomers Map 50-Million–Light-Year Rotating Cosmic Filament Nearby

New radio–optical measurements show a nearby filament rotating with aligned galaxy spins.

Gaia Maps 'Great Wave' Rolling Through the Milky Way's Outer Disk

ASKAP Maps 185,000-Light-Year Hydrogen Bridge Between Two Dwarf Galaxies

36-Billion-Solar-Mass Black Hole Confirmed in Distant Cosmic Horseshoe Galaxy

Most Bright JWST Early-Universe Galaxy Candidates Are Dusty Impostors

Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Localized to Dwarf Galaxy at z=2.148

Webb Reveals Binary Interaction in Planetary Nebula NGC 6072 and Detects 2,500 Early Galaxies