You are now looking at thousands of galaxies visualized on your screen.
Created with Dr. Brice Menard, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University, the Map of the Universe shows hundreds of thousands of Galaxies, reaching back to the very first flash
of light, emanating from the Big Bang.
Please visit the website to learn more: mapoftheuniverse.net.
Tools used: Python, Pandas, Matplotlib
The map of the universe. This slice shows 200,000 galaxies from our nearest neighbors, to the furthest reaches of the universe.
The banner view of the universe - a long poster meant to be printed large and enjoyed.
The observable universe seen as a sphere. The highlighted section represents our slice. The edge is the Cosmic Microwave Background.
The Cosmic Microwave Background is the radioactive backdrop of our universe. It is an emission of light from around the time of the Big Bang.