A group of astronomers from the Brookhaven National Laboratory has developedthe largest three-dimensional map of the universe, which is capable of covering space between 10,000 and 12,000 million light years away. As reported by the laboratory itself, for the realization of the map they have been based on the light emitted in the distance by 14,000 cosmic beacons, thus managing to create the deepest map of all time. What’s more,hydrogen clouds may help answer some of the big questions about the universe.
To create this three-dimensional map they have used the Barion Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS), a telescope capable of analyzing the light from the astronomical source of electromagnetic energy, which includes radio frequencies and visible light, called quasars, individually. “Quasars are very bright galaxiesthey are far away.In the center of each one, a black hole eats up matter, it is heated to very high temperatures that shine a lot, which allows a view from far away “, says the researcher in charge of the project, Anze Slosar.
Slosar also ensures that eThe process is similar to the thaw of Antarctica. Looking straight ahead, the center looks like a circle or point but layer by layer you can reconstruct the events of the past. For 3D maps,astronomers can trace the development of galaxy clusters between 10,000 and 12 million years.
With this map they want to achieve a series of advances to trace the development of galaxy clusters by analyzing 14,000 of the around 160,000 known quasars, estimating that by 2014 they will reach 60,000.
