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Maps of filaments of matter filling the universe. The gas wires are shown in blue. The background maps are an optical image taken by the Subaru Telescope (left) and a millimeter wavelength image taken by the ALMA observatory (right). Existence of extensive gaseous structures and cosmic web wires discovered (left); and that the filaments connect several galaxies where there is a high rate of star formation (right). Credit: RIKEN

Massive filaments of matter filling the universe are responsible for the growth of galaxies and the supermassive black holes at their centers

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