Map of the Universe
Observable universe
A view about 100 billion light-years across · Universe
The edge of the observable universe is the cosmic microwave background, light released 380,000 years after the Big Bang. The matter that emitted it is now about 46 billion light-years away.
On the map at this scale
Stars
Galaxies
Galaxy groups, clusters and superclusters
- A2744-z7p9OD
- CL J1001+0220
- El Gordo
- Hyperion proto-supercluster
- Lynx Supercluster
- MACS J1149.5+2223
- Phoenix Cluster
Walls, voids and the cosmic web
- Big Ring
- BOSS Great Wall
- Clowes–Campusano LQG
- Giant Arc
- Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall
- Huge-LQG
- U1.11 large quasar group
Quasars and cosmic explosions
- CAPERS-LRD-z9
- FRB 20220610A
- GRB 090423
- GRB 090429B
- J0313-1806
- SN Eos
- TON 618
- UHZ1
- ULAS J1120+0641
- ULAS J1342+0928
Regions, structures and cosmic epochs
Every scale, from Earth outwards
- Earth and Moon 0.008 AU
- Inner planets 4 AU
- Jupiter's orbit 14 AU
- Neptune and the Kuiper belt 110 AU
- Heliopause and Voyagers 400 AU
- Oort cloud 4 light-years
- Nearest stars 24 light-years
- 100 light-years 220 light-years
- 1,000 light-years 2,400 light-years
- Local Arm 12,000 light-years
- Galactic centre 13,000 light-years
- Milky Way 160,000 light-years
- Magellanic Clouds 520,000 light-years
- Satellite galaxies 2 million light-years
- Local Group 10 million light-years
- Council of Giants 36 million light-years
- Virgo Supercluster 230 million light-years
- Laniakea 850 million light-years
- Nearby superclusters 2.3 billion light-years
- Cosmic web 11 billion light-years
- Observable universe 100 billion light-years