Scientists release biggest 2D map of the universe

I knew the universe was nothing but a brick wall, now we have proof!

https://viewer.legacysurvey.org/?ra=80.3728&dec=-69.4497&lay...

/jk

For 2001 fans, Atmosphères by Ligeti[1] also works very well while doom scrolling the endless canvas that is the Universe.

[1] https://ubu.com/sound/ligeti.html

And here I thought this was the biggest 2D map.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/01/a-logarithmic-map-of-...

That's impressive. Though I think there's too much space on this plane. I'm wondering whether it is actually a 2D view since it obviously isn't planar.

To paraphrase Samuel L Jackson - "I have had it with this m'f'ing space on a plane! Everybody strap in I'm about to open some f'in' windows."

Proceeds to crank open an array of telescopes to get another 3D perspective of a 4D universe so we can project it onto our 2D viewing devices as if that were reality.

Seems like some of the most interesting objects are missing or have weird red/green artifacts, why is that?

I wonder how many of the red points/stars are black hole stars[1]

[1] https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-discover-brand-new-typ...

Absolutely crazy

is there anyway to download the entire map, and play with it locally

i note the hyperspace bypass is missing

Wow, this is humbling

make sure you watch the youtube video embedded in the website, it adds some real perspective of just how massive this is

Not this data, but from nearby 3D star map with rotations:

https://www.ouruboroi.com/moire3

Could this be used for a new Elitelike game?

Not many people know this, but the actual universe is 3D, so this map is misleading.

Holy shit, this is very impressive

why is there so many weird flat lines is that an artifact?

this is fascinating wish there was a 360 VR version of this

truly immense scale