As these maps of the Universe appear, I'm always amazed at what they show us. Despite some drawbacks to the modern age, the opportunity to see things like this makes me glad to be around right now.
"This new map of the universe charts out 1.2 million galaxies" |
The Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/15/12199668/universe-map-galaxies-3d-hubble-boss)
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A section of the map of the large-scale structure of the universe from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and its Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. Each dot represents a galaxy. Photo credit: Daniel Eisenstein / SDSS-III
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Three-dimensional map constructed by the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey. The rectangle represents 1000 sq. degrees in the sky. Approximately 120,000 galaxies (about 10% of what was captured by the survey) are shown. Photo Credit: Jeremy Tinker / SDSS-III
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gizmag (http://www.gizmag.com/3d-map-universe/44371/pictures).)
QuoteIn an attempt to better understand the nature of the expansion of our universe, scientists have created a 3D map plotting the locations of 1.2 million galaxies. This map may help give astronomers new details about how the universe has been expanding, which will help us learn more about the mysterious force that scientists believe has been driving the expansion.
Published in a new study, the 3D map shows 650 cubic billion light years, which is just a quarter of the known universe. Each point in this map isn't a star: it's an entire galaxy.
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Seems to me we're not equipped to understand much of this.
Quote from: JBS HaldaneNow my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.