{"id":85353,"date":"2019-10-05T12:09:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T06:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=10663"},"modified":"2019-10-05T12:09:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T06:39:29","slug":"cosmic-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cosmic-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmic Web"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The cosmic\nweb has been imaged on a large scale for the first time. The study has been published\nin the journal <em>Science.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cosmic Web:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Galaxies across the universe are connected by a\ncomplex structure made up of filaments of dark matter and sheets of hydrogen\ngas. The network connecting these intergalactic filaments is known as cosmic\nweb.<\/li><li>The existence of the cosmic web is central to\ncurrent theories of how galaxies first formed following the big bang, however, evidence\nfor it had remained largely theoretical.<\/li><li>The recent observations of the cosmic web support\nthe <strong>cold dark matter theory<\/strong> of\ngalaxy formation. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cold dark matter\ntheory:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The theory suggest that hydrogen gas created in\nthe big bang collapses first into sheets and then into filaments strung out\nacross space.<\/li><li>In places where filaments cross or are clustered\ntogether, galaxies form and the filaments continue to fuel the growth of galaxies\nby feeding them a steady stream of gas.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional\nInformation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dark Matter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Dark matter is a form of matter thought to\naccount for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe and about 25% of\nits total energy density. <\/li><li>Most dark matter is thought to be non-baryonic (not\ncomposed primarily of baryons- protons, neutrons and all the objects composed\nof them) in nature, possibly being composed of some as-yet undiscovered\nsubatomic particles.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The cosmic web has been imaged on a large scale for the first time. The study has been published in the journal Science. Facts: Cosmic Web: Galaxies across the universe are connected by a complex structure made up of filaments of dark matter and sheets of hydrogen gas. The network connecting these intergalactic filaments&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/cosmic-web\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cosmic Web<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2683],"class_list":["post-85353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-cosmic-web","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704614160},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}