Cosmography archives
Large-scale density inhomogeneities in the Universe
by Martin Rees and Dennis Sciama (1968)
https://www.nature.com/articles/217511a0
Cosmography archives
Large-scale density inhomogeneities in the Universe
by Martin Rees and Dennis Sciama (1968)
https://www.nature.com/articles/217511a0
A galactic masterpiece: a stunning image of NGC 253 has just been released by ESO @esoastronomy. If you're wondering where it is located in our cosmic neighborhood, here it is indicated in a map from our Cosmography of the Local Universe paper.
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso2510/
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/3/69
The new issue of Worlds of IF Science Fiction is out. It features a beautiful cover art "Out of an Amber Sky" by Rodney Matthews. An essay with a Lovecraftian title: "From Deep Darkness Came Murmurs of Awakening", by yours truly. And much more.
Cosmography Update
A 3D map of basins of attractions in the Local Universe, inferred from Cosmicflows-4 and based on a probabilistic approach, gives new insights on our cosmic whereabouts. We have not reached the "End of Greatness" yet!
Cosmography archives
1998 - A map of interstellar molecular clouds and diffuse gas within 500 pc of the Sun
by Priscilla Frisch
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998SSRv...86..107F/abstract
Stephen Hawking's answer to the question: where are we?
[Full video at PBS Learning Media: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/hawking_genius_ep06_full/where-are-we-full-episode-genius-by-stephen-hawking]
Discovery alert!
A spherical shell-like structure 1 billion light-years in diameter named Ho’oleilana is discovered in the distribution of relatively nearby galaxies. We posit this is the 1st observation of an individual Baryon Acoustic Oscillation (BAO).
The End of Cold Dark Matter?
Amazing Nature cover 32 years ago with quite a provocative question !
The full issue: https://nature.com/nature/volumes/349/issues/6304
The paper: https://nature.com/articles/349032a0
News & Views article: https://www.nature.com/articles/349014a0