I'm looking for a "picture of the entire universe". A sort of outside view. I expect anything that would satisfy me would (duh) have to be an artist's rendering or some sort of computer graphic, instead of an actual photo. But, bonus points would be something accompanied with an explanation of why it's a scientifically accurate representation.
2006-12-03 15:22:44 · 6 answers · asked by arantius 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If it wasn't clear (?!?!), I'm looking for a picture of the matter contained in the universe. Which exists in three dimensions.
I'm not looking for a picture of string theory.
2006-12-03 15:30:01 · update #1
Reck, that appears very much to be a picture of a single galaxy. There are billions of galaxies in the universe. I want em all! =)
2006-12-03 15:32:05 · update #2
Okay, check out the links for both computer simulations and astronomical mapping of superclusters in the universe. These should give you a good idea of what the large scale structure of the universe looks like. Currently, what we have is 1) a carefully mapped out slice of the universe , 2) a large scale aggregrate mapping of the universe, and 3) computer simulations showing how the universe would look like if it were fully mapped out.
Addendum: No, these studies don't have to do with string theory speculations, these really are mappings as per astronomical observations.
2006-12-03 15:36:16 · answer #1 · answered by Scythian1950 7 · 12⤊ 0⤋
I have an astronomy textbook which comes with a CD called "starry night" (I think) which allows you to zoom out from Earth to what would be an outside view of the universe. It's basically a sphere with lots and lots of little dots, nothing too exciting, and certainly not guaranteed to be accurate. This is the only place I've seen such a thing.
And to the above post about extra dimensions: the extra dimensions are only part of a theory, called string theory. No extra dimensions have been proven to exist.
Edit: The picture I've seen is similar to the one in the third link below, though with more "dots" and less "blobs" than that one.
2006-12-03 15:36:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 2⤋
The following link is to an entire microwave sky map, entire sky map, showing a microwave picture of the early universe
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_mm.html
2006-12-03 17:02:42 · answer #3 · answered by ZeedoT 3 · 12⤊ 1⤋
There aren't enough dimensions to show a full picture. The universe is said to have at least 10 or 11 dimensions...and we only live in 3 of them for the purpose of picturing things.
2006-12-03 15:27:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 3⤋
Here's a link to some images/clip art. Some are crap but SOME ARE JUST AMAZING! I think you'd like them. Hope I helped!
2006-12-03 16:55:01 · answer #5 · answered by Ivey 1 · 15⤊ 1⤋
http://www.ecology.com/earth-at-a-glance/earth-at-a-glance-feature/images/1.jpg
2006-12-03 15:30:23 · answer #6 · answered by reck 1 · 12⤊ 2⤋