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April 3rd, 2009

Map of the Nearby Universe

Filed under: Inspiration — William Cardini @ 11:23 am

The most detailed map of the nearby universe yet constructed. Each dot is a galaxy. For some galaxies, the researchers who created this map are trying to separate the velocity of a galaxy due to cosmic expansion from the velocity of a galaxy due to its own “peculiar” movement.

via universe today.

Just as stars in our galaxy orbit around the galactic center, do galaxies themselves orbit around as-yet unnamed centers in the endless uniformity of the universe?

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