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galaxy filament
Sign in to saveAlso known as supercluster complex, great wall, galaxy supercluster complex, galactic supercluster complex, galactic filament, Filament
thread-like structures that form the boundaries between large voids in the universe
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Within Vinony's link graph, galaxy filament is referenced by 416 other articles, and connects out to luminous infrared galaxy, Great Attractor and starburst galaxy.
Vinony files it under Galaxy filaments and Large-scale structure of the cosmos.
Its subject is documented across 43 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- astronomical object
- Part of
- universe
- Has parts of class
- galaxy group or cluster
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- opposite of
- void
- topic's main category
- Category:Galaxy filaments
- studied by
- astrophysics
- different from
- Filament
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Encyclopedic overview
Galaxy filaments, walls and voids form web-like structures. Computer simulation.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “galaxy filament” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.