Scientists Release the Largest 2D Map of the Universe

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The DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys team has released a 5.6-trillion-pixel 2D color map of the universe, built from more than 263,000 telescope exposures and covering about 75% of the sky. The publicly available dataset helps astronomers study galaxies, rare phenomena, dark matter, and dark energy, and supports the DESI project’s 3D mapping efforts.