Lausanne, Switzerland
Global astrophysicists have published the largest ever 3D map of the universe, the result of an analysis of more than 4m galaxies and quasars (ultra-bright objects that emit colossal energy) that lasted more than 20 years. The efforts of hundreds of scientists from about 30 institutions around the world have yielded a complete story of the expansion of the universe
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