{"id":200316,"date":"2020-07-26T12:20:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-26T11:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=200316"},"modified":"2020-07-26T12:20:55","modified_gmt":"2020-07-26T11:20:55","slug":"the-largest-ever-map-of-the-universe-bends-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=200316","title":{"rendered":"The largest-ever map of the universe bends the mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\">\n<p>This map looks back in time.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomers working on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey \u2014 a decades-long project to map the universe \u2014 recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdss.org\/press-releases\/no-need-to-mind-the-gap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">released<\/a> a new 3D map of the cosmos. It encompasses 11 billion years (out of 13.8 billion) of the universe&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<p>More than 100 scientists mapped the distances of over two million galaxies and quasars (supermassive black holes releasing enormous amounts of energy) to create a map of the universe, in relation to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are located at the center of this map,&#8221; the group wrote, in reference to the map below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we look out in distance, we look back in time,&#8221; they add. (Here, we&#8217;re seeing a &#8220;slice&#8221; through a sphere.)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The light we see from other stars and galaxies takes a long, long time to arrive at Earth (For example, it takes some 2.5 million years for light from the Andromeda Galaxy to reach us.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">\n<p><picture itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><source   type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><source   type=\"image\/jpeg\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"image-caption\">\n<p>The SDSS map of the universe.\n<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/figcaption><div class=\"image-credit\">\n<p>Image:  Anand Raichoor (EPFL) \/ Ashley Ross (Ohio State University) \/ SDSS Collaboration\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"vplayer\"><iframe allowautoplay=\"\" data-channel=\"Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TKiYOnsE8Y4\" data-template=\"embedded\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The map shows different objects in space, like galaxies, at different distances from us. In each colored area designated on the map, astronomers measure the pattern of light detected from the objects \u2014 all of which are moving away from our galaxy as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2019\/mystery-of-the-universe-s-expansion-rate-widens-with-new-hubble-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the universe incessantly expands<\/a>. (Light from the oldest objects in the universe, for example, is stretched as these objects move farther from us, which changes the light&#8217;s wavelength.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-also\">\n<p class=\"see-also-link\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/science\/10010\/the-first-chilling-images-of-earth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The first, chilling images of Earth<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>These signatures help reveal where these objects are, in relation to one another, in the ever-evolving, expanding universe.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/science\/11114\/the-largest-ever-map-of-the-universe-bends-the-mind\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] This map looks back in time. Astronomers working on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey \u2014 a decades-long project to map the universe \u2014 recently released a new 3D map of the cosmos. It encompasses 11 billion years (out of 13.8 billion) of the universe&#8217;s history. More than 100 scientists mapped the distances of over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":200317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200316"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=200316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200318,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200316\/revisions\/200318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/200317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=200316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=200316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=200316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}