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Cosmic Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. These groups are part of massive clusters made up of hundreds of galaxies, all interconnected in a web of filaments in which galaxies are strung like pearls.
But scientists have struggled to define exactly where one supercluster ends and another begins.
Now, a team based in Hawaii has come up with a new technique that maps the Universe according to the flow of galaxies across space. Redrawing the boundaries of the cosmic map, they redefine our home supercluster and name it Laniakea, which means ‘immeasurable heaven’ in Hawaiian.
Read the cosmic cluster research paper and watch the video below.
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