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Cool New Galaxy map is a master plan called CosmicFlows
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"Brent Tully knows where you live and where you’re going — in the cosmic sense, that is. [with his Cosmic Flow map]
At University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, the veteran cosmologist has been meticulously charting the large-scale structure of the universe."
At University of Hawaii’s Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu, the veteran cosmologist has been meticulously charting the large-scale structure of the universe."
"In July, after more than three decades of work, he and his collaborators released the latest fruits of this labor: the most complete view ever created of our place in space."
"In these vivid 3D maps, which Tully call “Cosmicflows,” the universe takes on a startlingly new appearance. You won’t find our solar system or any familiar stars. You won’t even find our home galaxy, the Milky Way."
"The scale is so vast that entire galaxies shrink to dots, blend together and vanish into the bigger picture, like pixels on a computer screen.
What pops out at the end is nothing less than the master plan of the universe, seen across nearly a billion light-years."
What pops out at the end is nothing less than the master plan of the universe, seen across nearly a billion light-years."
"It contains a physical record of everything that has happened in our part of the universe since time of the Big Bang.
For all its intricacies, master plan has just four basic elements. “You can break down the universe into:
▪️clusters
▪️filaments
▪️sheets
▪️voids,” Tully says."
For all its intricacies, master plan has just four basic elements. “You can break down the universe into:
▪️clusters
▪️filaments
▪️sheets
▪️voids,” Tully says."
Clusters, filaments and sheets are the dense regions where galaxies are common. The names describe their shapes: knot-like clusters of galaxies, stringlike filaments and pancake-like sheets.
