The Largest Sky Map of All Time Just Got Bigger

The universe consists of billions of stars, planets and different objects. Scientists, too, are constantly trying to acquire new information and create maps about the universe, of which there is still so much we do not know.

It shows the stars, planets, constellations and other celestial bodies in the sky.sky map‘ maps are one of them. Researchers have now announced that the largest ever 2D sky map has been updated. From the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) The latest data coming in has significantly increased the size of the giant map.

The aim of the study is to help us better understand dark energy.

You can click the link here to view the map.

The aim of this study is to map how the universe has expanded over the last 12 billion years. improving our understanding of dark energy. To do this, data from telescopes from around the world are combined and a map of the sky is created by powerful computers.

Dark energy, about which we know very little, is the name given to the force that causes the expansion of the universe. Dark energy is estimated to make up 68% of the universe. A recent study has made some important claims about this issue, showing that the source of dark energy may be black holes.

There are over 1 billion galaxies on the map

NOIRLab

Returning to the map, the new data was taken from southern extragalactic (non-Milky Way) images from the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), according to NOIRLab. The new data, which is stated to be the 10th published so far, extends the scope of the sky map. 20,000 square degrees He says it increases it and roughly half the entire sky. Located billions of years away on the map over a billion galaxies is located.

Finally, adding infrared wavelength data to the images, the researchers say that this can help them calculate both the time it takes for light from galaxies to reach Earth and the redshift of galaxies.