Astrobiology (general)

Naturally Occurring Network Structures At Vastly Different Scales

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
January 8, 2026
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Naturally Occurring Network Structures At Vastly Different Scales
Formation of the cosmic web (San Han) – Inset: A Cubic Millimeter of Mouse Brain (Quorumetrix Studio) – Astrobiology.com

Editor’s note: Astrobiology has links to and from everything NASA does. I wish NASA would think outside the box when highlighting this topic – and use the word for this agency program i.e. “astrobiology” in so doing.

Compare the structure of these two natural networks:

A Cubic Millimeter of Mouse Brain

Formation of the cosmic web

Astrobiology, Neuroscience, cosmology

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