{"id":306019,"date":"2025-06-15T07:10:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T14:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=306019"},"modified":"2025-07-01T14:23:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T21:23:28","slug":"this-is-the-largest-map-of-the-universe-ever-made-how-you-can-explore-it-like-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-is-the-largest-map-of-the-universe-ever-made-how-you-can-explore-it-like-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"This is the largest map of the universe ever made: how you can explore it like Google Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A groundbreaking new cosmic map is reshaping our understanding of the early universe. Created from over 255 hours of data from the James Webb Space Telescope<\/strong>, the COSMOS-Web project offers a stunning view<\/strong> of nearly 800 000 galaxies, some of which existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang. What was once believed to be a dark, starless era now appears to have been filled with galaxies far earlier than expected<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A universe of galaxies, all in one place<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The COSMOS-Web map spans 13.5 billion years of cosmic history<\/strong>, covering a region of sky equivalent to three full moons. Unlike previous efforts like Hubble\u2019s famous deep field, this map is a mosaic composed of over 10 000 individual images stitched together. If Hubble\u2019s image were a sheet of paper, COSMOS-Web would be a 4-by-4-meter mural\u2014same depth, vastly larger scale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using infrared light, the Webb telescope captured galaxies invisible to Hubble, revealing that early star formation was far more common than scientists thought<\/strong>. Some galaxies formed stars equivalent to a billion suns in a fraction of the universe\u2019s age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How you can explore it<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spain\u2019s Instituto de Astrof\u00edsica de Canarias used neural networks to categorize more than half a million galaxies by shape<\/strong>, helping scientists understand how galaxies evolve. Additionally, the COSMOS-Web team opened the project to volunteers, who helped refine the raw data over two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, thanks to this collaboration, anyone can explore the COSMOS-Web map online, zooming through the cosmos like using Google Maps but for galaxies<\/strong>. With more data to come, this map will only grow richer\u2014and stranger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A groundbreaking new cosmic map is reshaping our understanding of the early universe. Created from over 255 hours of data from the James Webb Space Telescope, the COSMOS-Web project offers a stunning view of nearly 800 000 galaxies, some of which existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang. What was once believed to be a dark, … Continue reading “This is the largest map of the universe ever made: how you can explore it like Google Maps”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9317,"featured_media":306020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-306019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t