Cosmic web
Galaxy clusters lie along filaments surrounding vast cosmic voids. This topic is part of Astronomy within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Cosmic web trivia questions
What forms the filament-like structure of the cosmic web?
Answer: Galaxies and dark matter
Bonus fact: Galaxy clusters lie along filaments surrounding vast cosmic voids.
What lies between the filaments of the cosmic web?
Answer: Large voids
Bonus fact: Galaxy clusters lie along filaments surrounding vast cosmic voids.
What invisible component largely shapes the cosmic web gravitationally?
Answer: Dark matter
Bonus fact: Galaxy clusters lie along filaments surrounding vast cosmic voids.
The Boötes Void is an enormous region with unusually few what?
Answer: Galaxies
Bonus fact: It is one of the best-known examples of the huge empty-looking regions in the cosmic web.
The Boötes Void is an example of what large-scale structure?
Answer: Cosmic void
Bonus fact: It is one of the best-known examples of the huge empty-looking regions in the cosmic web.
The Boötes Void was identified as unusually empty on what scale?
Answer: Hundreds of millions of light-years
Bonus fact: It is one of the best-known examples of the huge empty-looking regions in the cosmic web.