Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain of galaxies sits inside a much larger filament that ...

Look up on a dark night and the stars seem scattered at random. Step back in scale, though, and the Universe looks nothing like a loose dusting. On its largest stretches, matter forms a vast web.

Astronomers have recently discovered the largest-known rotating cosmic filament, made up of hundreds of galaxies and connected with dark matter and gas, which stretches up to 50 million light-years.

A colossal cosmic filament, measuring 50 million light-years long, has been discovered spinning in deep space, astonishing astronomers with its scale and movement. The filament, which contains more ...