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A supercluster is a large group of smaller galaxy clusters or galaxy groups; they are among the largest known structures in the universe. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group galaxy group (which contains more than 54 galaxies), which in turn is part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is part of the Laniakea Supercluster, … See more
The existence of superclusters indicates that the galaxies in the Universe are not uniformly distributed; most of them are drawn together in … See more
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The Laniakea Supercluster or the Local Supercluster (LSC or LS) is the galaxy supercluster that is home to the Milky Way and approximately 100,000 other nearby galaxies.
It was defined in September 2014, when a group of astronomers including R. Brent Tully of the University of Hawaiʻi, Hélène Courtois of the University of Lyon, …Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA licenseNew Galactic Supercluster Map Shows Milky Way's 'Heavenly' Home
Sep 3, 2014 · A new map of a giant group of galaxies known as the Laniakea Supercluster is giving scientists a revealing glimpse of our Milky Way galaxy's home in the universe. See it here.
Tags:Laniakea SuperclusterMilky WayInteractive 3-D map traces galaxies in Local Supercluster
Dec 7, 2017 · See how galaxies in the Local Supercluster have moved over the past 13.5 billion years under the influence of the Virgo Cluster, a massive collection of galaxies. The map shows the...
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Sep 3, 2014 · Astronomers have mapped the Milky Way's cosmic neighborhood and named the supercluster it belongs to: Laniakea, which means "immeasurable heaven" in Hawaiian. The …
Tags:Laniakea SuperclusterMilky WayAstronomers map massive structure beyond Laniakea Supercluster
Jul 10, 2020 · In 2014, the team mapped out the Laniakea Supercluster, the bundling of a hundred thousand galaxies over an even larger region, spanning 500 million light years. The …
Tags:Laniakea Supercluster2014 LaniakeaLargest SuperclusterThis is the most detailed map yet of our place in the …
Sep 4, 2014 · The Milky Way is part of a massive structure of 100,000 galaxies called Laniakea, which stretches 500 million light years across. Learn how scientists mapped this supercluster and what it means...
Tags:Laniakea SuperclusterMilky WayNewly identified galactic supercluster is home to the …
Sep 4, 2014 · Laniakea is a supercluster of galaxies that contains the Milky Way and has a diameter of 500 million light-years. It has a mass of 100 million billion Suns and is influenced by the Great...
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Sep 3, 2014 · An analysis of a three-dimensional map of galaxies and their velocities reveals the hitherto unknown edges of the large system of galaxies in which we live — dubbed the …
Tags:Laniakea Supercluster MalayalamLaniakea Supercluster AgePublish Year:2014The Laniakea supercluster of galaxies | Nature
Sep 3, 2014 · It includes the Virgo cluster, the Norma, Hydra and Centaurus clusters (also known as the Great Attractor), the Pavo-Indus filament and a number of voids.
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