The image above is the most complete map of our local universe to date. It took more that ten years to create, has 43,000 galaxies and extends out 380 million light years from the earth. The 3D coordinates of each galaxy was recorded so the raw data could potentially be used to build a realistic 3D model of the universe. Throw in some holographic technology and you have something straight from Star Trek.
And if you're wondering where we are in all these dots? Our galaxy, the Milky Way, runs horizontally through the center of the image.
18 comments:
So weird that our galaxy is elliptical.
That's great. It's so cool how many galaxies there are and how we're constantly discovering more and more. Makes you feel like odds are there has to be some other form of life out there.
Looks pretty amazing - amazing how huge this galaxy is, so much we dont know yet.
it looks insane
Awesome. Now we just need a to-scale video game based in this
wow.. it's.... gorgeous
That's pretty crazy.. Makes you wonder what else is out there.
In my persepctive the universe is what contains everythig that exsits and what is soon to exsist.
How can somthing exsist if it dosen't currently exsist.
Space is so mind boggling, it's beyond my way of thinking.
But than again what is a way of thinking, you yourself can veiw somthing one way, and another person can see it another, if you could feel and see it the same way the other person sees it only than can one truly understand another persons way of thought.
That looks like New Eden to me.
Thats crazy, everytime I think of the universe it blows my mind. The size is amazing
whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
i need a wallpaper of this asap. and for the record our galaxy is not elliptical persay. its just the image that we can take.
And that's just the known universe too...
Cool, very cool!
it big.
thats fantastic.
HOLY SHITE. My mind has been blown
Guys, it's not a galaxy; it's tens of thousands of them, all coordinated on a 3d-ish plane. Amazing.
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