Sentences with phrase «filamentary structures»

The gravitational interaction has also resulted in the formation of filamentary structures in the group.

The map provides a tantalizing glimpse of giant filamentary structures extending across millions of light - years, and paves the way for more extensive studies that will reveal not only the structure of the cosmic web, but also details of its function — the ways that pristine gas is funneled along the web into galaxies, providing the raw material for the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets.

Patches of dust block out the light as it travels towards us, preventing us from seeing the stars behind it, and smaller tendrils of dust create the dark filamentary structures within the clouds.

On the largest scales, matter in the Universe is arranged in a vast network of filamentary structures known as the «cosmic web», its tangled strands spanning hundreds of millions of light - years.

Combining all of the measurements across the entire field of view allowed the team a tantalizing glimpse of giant filamentary structures extending across millions of light - years, and paves the way for more extensive studies that will reveal not only the structure of the cosmic web, but also details of its function — the ways that pristine gas is funneled along the web into galaxies, providing the raw material for the formation of galaxies, stars, and planets.

Supercomputer simulations model how galaxies and galactic clusters grow in long filamentary structures known as the cosmic web.

This dark matter filamentary structure is thought to be a progenitor of large scale structures in the Universe.

One of the best known examples of large scale structure in the modern Universe is the cosmic Great Wall, a gigantic filamentary structure spanning over 500 million light - years.

The debris, called the Veil Nebula, is one of the best - known supernova remnants, deriving its name from its delicate, draped filamentary structures.

This allows for the large - scale filamentary structure of dark matter to be evident.

The MAMMOTH - 1 nebula appears to have a filamentary structure that aligns with the galaxy distribution in the large - scale structure of the protocluster, supporting the idea that ELANs are illuminated segments of the cosmic web, Cai said.

For example, rough or filamentary structures may form in the battery after repeated charge - discharge cycles.

The filamentary structure in SSA22 could be called a proto - Great Wall.

In the final sequence, the viewer enters an immersive exploration of the filamentary structure of the local universe, navigating inside the filaments and visiting the major nodes such as the Great Attractor.

Early results from the simulations are able to produce the filamentary structure and voids.

«Although this technique has been employed previously, the depth of the COSMOS image and its superior resolution enables a more precise and detailed map, covering a large enough area to see the extended filamentary structures,» said co-investigator Richard Ellis of the California Institute of Technology.