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Galaxies across the universe are arranged in a vast cosmic web

Gravity arranges billions of galaxies along dark matter filaments and voids

On the largest observable scales, matter in the cosmos is not distributed randomly but forms a gigantic network known as the cosmic web. Gravitational collapse along dark matter scaffolding pulls galaxies into long interconnected filaments and dense clusters separated by immense dark voids millions of light-years wide.

Zooming in on the early Universe RXC J2211.7-0350 — ESA/Hubble & NASA, RELICS · CC BY 4.0 · licence · source

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Gravity arranges billions of galaxies along dark matter filaments and voids. The figure is taken from ESA, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a space fact?: Yes. It sits on the Space shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.