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Cosmology

the large-scale network of galaxy filaments, walls and clusters surrounding voids, formed by gravitational growth of initial fluctuations.

In cosmology, cosmic web refers to the large-scale network of galaxy filaments, walls and clusters surrounding voids, formed by gravitational growth of initial fluctuations. This meaning comes from Bond (1996) in Nature.[1]

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References

Bond, J. R., Kofman, L., & Pogosyan, D. (1996). How filaments of galaxies are woven into the cosmic web. Nature, 380(6575), 603-606. https://doi.org/10.1038/380603a0

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