Five years of DESI observations build a detailed cosmic map

A time-lapse animation shows five years of DESI observations building a 3D map of the cosmos containing 47 million galaxies and quasars. Credit: DESI Collaboration and DESI Member Institutions/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor Image Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)