Professor Stephen Hawking set to reveal plans to map known universe
Professor Stephen Hawking set to reveal plans to map known universe
By Cambridge News | Posted: June 27, 2016
Physicist Professor Stephen Hawking is set to reveal plans to map the entire known universe at a conference held in his honour.
Prof Hawking, a cosmology professor at Cambridge University, will detail how a supercomputing centre he founded in the city will use images of radiation to create the map.
He is set to discuss the plans at the Starmus science conference – this year themed as a "tribute to Stephen Hawking" – which begins today in Tenerife.
The COSMOS supercomputing centre was founded in Cambridge in 1997 by a group of scientists brought together by Prof Hawking.
Cosmologists at the centre are now working to create a 3D map of the universe by plotting the position of billions of cosmic structures, including supernovas, black holes, and galaxies.
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I love Stephen Hawking. Couldn't resist the Daily Mail satire.
