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Uncommon card · Science
Galaxy filament, an Uncommon card
In cosmology, galaxy filaments are the largest known structures in the universe, consisting of walls of galactic superclusters.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 140,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Galaxy filament quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Galaxy filament card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Galaxy filaments form the cosmic web and define the overall structure of the ______ universe.
Answer
observable. Galaxy filaments form the cosmic web and define the overall structure of the observable universe. From the Galaxy filament article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Rectifier. Rectifier 80 · Soyuz 74 · Galaxy filament 67 · Hottest chili pepper 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- These massive, thread-like formations can commonly reach 50 to 80 megaparsecs, with the largest found to date being Quipu, and possibly the still unconfirmed Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall at around 3 gigaparsecs in length, and form the boundaries between voids.
- Due to the accelerating expansion of the universe, the individual clusters of gravitationally bound galaxies that make up galaxy filaments are moving away from each other at an accelerated rate, in the far future they will dissolve.
- Galaxy filaments form the cosmic web and define the overall structure of the observable universe.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Galaxy filament article was read about 140,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Galaxy filament
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Galaxy filament (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Andrew Pontzen and Fabio Governato, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
