Stars and Galaxies.
Cosmic Swirly Straws Feed Galaxy
Jet Propulsion Laboratory https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ May 24, 2013
Created with the help of supercomputers, this simulation shows the formation of a massive galaxy during the first 2 billion years of the universe. Hydrogen gas is gray, young stars appear blue, and older stars are red. The simulation reveals that gas flows into galaxies along filaments akin to cosmic bendy, or swirly, straws.