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University of Milano-Bicocca

University of Milano-Bicocca

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Astronomers capture first direct image of a cosmic web filament

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Lead institution on the Nature paper

On May 16, 2026, Davide Tornotti and an international team published the sharpest direct image of a cosmic web filament. The strand stretches 3 million light-years, linking two galaxies with active supermassive black holes as they appeared 12 billion years ago.

Updated May 20