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I hate this image because idiots will see it, not understand what its showing, and make up some crazy shit based on it. (lemmy.world)

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[–] rektdeckard 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

The further you look in the sky, the further back in time you are looking as well -- there is no way to see what far way looks like "right now". This image shows the visible universe as it appears from our perspective in spacetime, which necessarily smears together the "where", "what", and "when" of it all, but also shows the evolution through time of some of the larger structures.

The tendril things that converge into single celestial objects are clouds of gas condensing to form galaxies and clusters over billions of years.