One reason it is hard to learn the geography of the local universe is that it is 3-D. A map, as a 2-D object, is easy to spread out on a table so you can learn 2-D relationships between places.

"What we're seeing hints at a much more dynamic and active universe than we anticipated." The most detailed map of the universe ever created using gravitational waves could reveal hidden black ...

Astronomers have analyzed the largest map of the universe — and found that Einstein was right yet again about gravity, according to a series of new studies. The analysis, which looked at nearly ...

Our Milky Way Galaxy is one of three large galaxies in the Local ... galaxies and map their distribution in space. We are only beginning to learn and explore the geography of the universe.

Behold the hot, energetic Universe. A German-Russian space telescope has just acquired a breakthrough map of the sky that traces the heavens in X-rays. The image records a lot of the violent ...

Well, the mesmerizing video below maps the known galaxies in ... Our own corner of the universe is not even the busiest — the "Local Group" contains only 54 galaxies, while the nearby Virgo ...

A new map of the "Cosmic Web" that shaped the universe shows points of gravitational attraction in the local universe called "basins of attraction" in hitherto unseen detail. Created using ...

Credit: Carl Knox, OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology and South African Radio Astronomy Observatory The most detailed map of the universe ever created using gravitational waves could ...