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galaxy filament
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thread-like structures that form the boundaries between large voids in the universe
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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