The 2MASS Galaxy Sky . ... Credit Copyright: 2MASS , T. H. Jarrett , J. Carpenter, R. Hurt Explanation: Are the nearest galaxies distributed randomly? A plot of over one million of the brightest "extended sources" detected by the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) shows that they are not. ... Many galaxies are gravitationally bound together to form clusters , which themselves are loosely bound into superclusters , which in turn are sometimes seen to align over even larger scale structures. ...