JWST survey maps cosmic web across 13.7 billion years (opens in new tab)

Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to produce the most detailed map yet of the cosmic web, the large-scale structure that organizes galaxies in the universe. The study used the COSMOS-Web survey to trace galaxy networks across 13.7 billion years of cosmic history. The map traces fragments of the cosmic web to a time when the universe was about 1 billion years old, and the survey cataloged 164,000 galaxies, the Brazilian magazine Veja reported.Highlights:Research team: Research...