Hidden information in maps of galaxies spread across the universe could soon come forth, thanks to a new way of interrogating the data that preserves the three-dimensional nature of these maps.

This extension challenges conventional notions of causality and offers a glimpse into a radically different universe ... In the proposed framework, three dimensions act as time dimensions ...

"We won't see the Big Bang itself," said Bock, "but we'll see the aftermath from it and learn about the beginning of the ...

Based in the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona and operated by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, DESI is mapping the universe's three-dimensional ... the CMB map to where galaxies ...

"but we'll see the aftermath from it and learn about the beginning of the universe that way. We can use [infrared] to determine the distance to galaxies to build up that three-dimensional map." ...