Play With an Interactive Map of the Observable Universe - Gizmodo

The map includes hordes of cosmic objects, like luminous blue quasars and red elliptical galaxies.

The data includes many more objects than the 200,000 displayed, but if the researchers showed them all, the map would be an unnavigable sea of dots.

In theory, the underlying data for the map (and thus, the map itself) may include some of the 40-quintillion odd black holes that are estimated to be in the observable universe.

But nonetheless, the map serves its purpose: showing just how small and new we are in comparison to the history of the universe and all its cosmic contents

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