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May 29, 2011

This is What 43,000 Galaxies Look Like On a Map

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:

  1. JayMay 29, 2011 at 3:05 PM

    So weird that our galaxy is elliptical.

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  2. Max PowerMay 29, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    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.

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  3. TIMMYTHEROBOTMay 29, 2011 at 3:16 PM

    Looks pretty amazing - amazing how huge this galaxy is, so much we dont know yet.

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  4. DejchMay 29, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    it looks insane

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  5. KamatacciMay 29, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    Awesome. Now we just need a to-scale video game based in this

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  6. ShonaMay 29, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    wow.. it's.... gorgeous

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  7. Bob Ross Afro BlogMay 29, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    That's pretty crazy.. Makes you wonder what else is out there.

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  8. GodlikeMay 29, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    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.

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  9. Frantz FanonMay 29, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    That looks like New Eden to me.

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  10. TMHMay 29, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    Thats crazy, everytime I think of the universe it blows my mind. The size is amazing

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  11. SeanExactMay 29, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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  12. BartonMay 29, 2011 at 11:52 PM

    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.

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  13. gmanMay 30, 2011 at 12:53 AM

    And that's just the known universe too...

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  14. DanielMay 30, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    Cool, very cool!

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  15. kxxthanxxMay 30, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    it big.

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  16. VersionDoubleMay 30, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    thats fantastic.

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  17. MRanthropeMay 30, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    HOLY SHITE. My mind has been blown

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  18. somethingsaysJune 1, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    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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