John Hopkins has created an interactive map of the universe, which lets users scroll through over 200,000 galaxies.
Astronomers with John Hopkins University have created an interactive map of the universe that literally lets you scroll through over 200,000 galaxies. The map, which can be found on its own website, is one of the first times that the public has been given access to such a treasure trove of data. This data was previously only available to scientists., where you can view the map in its entirety. The interactive map of the universe was created using data gathered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
To help showcase the scale of the map, John Hopkins University released a video on YouTube. When exploring it on the map’s website, though, it zooms in on the central portion, showcasing spiral, elliptical, and redshifted elliptical galaxies that have been uncovered over the past several decades. Using the interactive map of the universe, you can actually scroll through to the edge of what we see.
Of course, that isn’t necessarily the edge of the universe itself. It’s just the end of the observable universe, which could one day expand as space exploration technology grows more complex and powerful. Having an interactive map of the universe on hand is nice, not only because we can see the number of galaxies that fill our universe, but also because it puts it all into scale.
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