Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster

September 10, 2014 at 9:32 am | Posted in Media, Science, Space | 2 Comments

The understanding of the place our galaxy holds in the universe has been evolving.
Laniakea means “immeasurable heaven” in Hawaiian.

Earth’s new address: ‘Solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea’ discusses this
also
New Galaxy Map Relocates The Milky Way

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  1. Here’s another article with a new, even larger view containing more than Laniakea

    http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2017/01/the-great-repeller-previously-unknown-region-void-of-galaxies-is-pushing-the-milky-way.html

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    Comment by David— January 31, 2017 #

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  2. […] of space around us. I’ve posted on The Ultra Deep Field, How Our Solar System Actually Moves, Lanikea: Our Home Supercluster, Across the Universe, Quite Enough (on scale), and […]

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    Pingback by How Many Stars Are There? | For Now— October 9, 2017 #

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