Wednesday, September 3, 2014

New map shows where the Milky Way galaxy is inside its supercluster

New map shows where the Milky Way galaxy is inside its supercluster


For the first time, scientists have pinpointed where our galaxy stands amongst thousands of other galaxies in our home supercluster. The new map shows beautiful feathery strings linked together with the Milky Way galaxy placed on the edge of the newly named Laniakea supercluster, home to 100,000 other galaxies.


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