As for every astronomer next to a pool, it is impossible for me not to notice the similarity between the light patterns that refraction creates on the bottom of the pool, and the image of the cosmic web produced by cosmological simulations.
The similarity is not by chance, but there are deep connections between the two!
Astronomers have a relatively easier path for discovering things than other scientists:
the Universe is BIG and it shines in many different wavelengths, so any time there is a more powerful telescope, or a new region of the EM spectrum to explore, it’s a good chance to discover new objects and give new nicknames.
A new #AstroPhysicsFactlet dedicated to the nicknames that extragalactic astrophysicists gave to interesting clusters of galaxies they discovered