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Although the Digital Universe is based entirely on data that has been gathered by scientists--and no extrapolation--this image does represent Emmart's ability, with the show, to go just beyond what has been observed by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and look back on it. The blue and yellow areas around the "butterfly wings" are quasars on the outer edges of observable space.
Click here to read the related backstage story on the science behind New York's Hayden Planetarium. And click here to check out the entire Road Trip 2010 package.
July 13, 2010 4:00 AM PDT
Photo by: Daniel Terdiman/CNET
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