Astrophysicists have created a 3D map of the universe that spans nearly two billion light years and is the most complete picture of our cosmic neighbourhood to date. The spherical map of galaxy ...

Astronomers have produced the largest 3D map of the universe, which can be explored in an interactive VR video. In the process, they’ve uncovered some tantalizing hints that our understanding of ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) is mapping millions of celestial objects to better understand dark energy—the mysterious driver of our universe's accelerating expansion. Today, the ...

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Until recently, we only knew the distances to about two million galaxies. But in April, the documented galactic census exploded to six million, thanks to the biggest-ever 3D map of the universe, ...

Why it matters: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have created the largest 3D map of the universe, with a precision of 1 percent. But what they discovered is startling in its implications and raises ...

An international team of American, Australian and British astronomers has released maps from the largest full-sky, three-dimensional survey of galaxies ever conducted. Their detailed maps show the ...

The biggest objects in the universe are clusters of galaxies, such as the supercluster we live in right now - and including Abell 370, which was captured in a sprawling glittery space-scape by the ...