{"id":6833,"date":"2022-07-09T13:08:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6833"},"modified":"2022-07-09T13:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:08:22","slug":"logarithmic-map-of-the-observable-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=6833","title":{"rendered":"Logarithmic Map of the Observable Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cSpace is big. You just won&#8217;t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it&#8217;s a long way down the road to the chemist&#8217;s, but that&#8217;s just peanuts to space.\u201d<\/p><cite>\u2015 Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember being blown as a kid when I learned that the further away you look in space &#8211; the further back in TIME you look. The furthest objects we have seen were actually objects that existed just a few million years after the big bang. We can actually see the history of our universe by simplying zooming further and further away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So drink in this amazing look at our universe where distance is looking back in time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/cp\/map-of-the-entire-known-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"6834\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?attachment_id=6834\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?fit=628%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"628,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"78qoyosgta991\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?fit=251%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991.jpg?resize=251%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?resize=251%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?resize=377%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 377w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?resize=502%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?resize=66%2C270&amp;ssl=1 66w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mattfife.com\/wp-content\/themes\/mattTheme\/headerimgs\/2022\/07\/78qoyosgta991-scaled.jpg?w=628&amp;ssl=1 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpace is big. You just won&#8217;t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it&#8217;s a long way down the road to the chemist&#8217;s, but that&#8217;s just peanuts to space.\u201d \u2015 Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy I remember being blown as a kid when I learned that the further away you look in space &#8211; the further back in TIME you look. 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