Juna Kollmeier
Astrophysicist | Creator of the most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
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Juna Kollmeier is an astrophysicist who has created the most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made, work that she presented at TED 2019. Her mapping project represents a significant advancement in our understanding of cosmic structures and their relationships across the universe.
Through her groundbreaking research, Kollmeier has contributed to expanding humanity's knowledge of how celestial bodies are distributed and interconnected throughout space. Her work provides unprecedented detail about the cosmic landscape, offering new insights into the fundamental architecture of our universe.
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The most detailed map of galaxies, black holes and stars ever made
Humans have been studying the stars for thousands of years, but astrophysicist Juna Kollmeier is on a special mission: creating the most detailed 3-D maps of the universe ever made. Journey across the cosmos as she shares her team's work on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, imaging millions of stars, black holes and galaxies in unprecedented detail. If we maintain our pace, she says, we can map every large galaxy in the observable universe by 2060. "We've gone from arranging clamshells to general relativity in a few thousand years," she says. "If we hang on 40 more, we can map all the galaxies."
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