Cosmic structure · ≈ 1.4 billion light-years long
The Sloan Great Wall
One of the largest known structures in the universe — an immense wall of galaxies stretching over a billion light-years, mapped by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, part of the filamentary cosmic web.
Highlights
- ›A wall of galaxies over a billion light-years long
Examples & connections
Knowledge connections
- Associated withCosmic Filament
- Associated withLarge-Scale Structure
- Associated withThe Cosmic Web
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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