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Why it matters: Researchers at Berkeley Lab have created the largest 3D map of the universe, with a precision of 1 percent. But what they discovered is startling in its implications and raises ...

The team explores one of the greatest discoveries of modern astronomy - that our universe is expanding - and the new ...

An international team of scientists has unveiled the Flagship 2 galaxy mock-up. No, it's not a cardboard diorama for a school ...

A new emulator is tackling the near-impossible task of mapping the universe's large-scale structure without sacrificing ...

Scientists have proposed new instruments that would use spectroscopy to decode dark matter, dark energy and cosmic inflation. Telescope images can tell us a whole lot about celestial objects: where ...

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Astronomers have mapped the universe's quasars in unprecedented detail thanks to a ream of accidental observations from the Gaia observatory. The new "3D catalog" is expected to offer researchers ...

The 3D production Hidden Universe has been released in IMAX® theatres and giant-screen cinemas around the globe, with world premieres on 28 June 2013 at Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from 3D Kaleidoscope: Baby Universe Baby Universe is an experiment in visuals. It consists of different worlds with digital kaleidoscopes. One of them, a 3D ...