"The cosmic web delineates the architecture of our universe," he says. "It's where most of the normal, or baryonic, matter in our galaxy resides and directly traces the location of dark matter.".
Composed of massive filaments of galaxies separated by giant voids, the cosmic web is the name astronomers give to the structure of our universe..
The term "cosmic web" was coined in 1996 by the University of Toronto's Richard Bond to describe a tangled structure of clumps and filaments naturally formed by dark matter left to experience the pull of gravity..
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In order of abundance, the cosmic web is composed of dark matter, gas, and galaxies.
Dark matter, which makes up about five-sixths of the mass, does not interact with light but dominates the gravitational pull of the cosmic web.
Dark matter provides the scaffolding for the formation of galaxies and galaxy clusters..
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The origin, evolution, and nature of the universe have fascinated and confounded humankind for centuries
New ideas and major discoveries made during the 20th century transformed cosmology – the term for the way we conceptualize and study the universe – although much remains unknown
