Supercluster - Wikipedia
WEBSuperclusters form massive structures of galaxies, called "filaments", "supercluster complexes", "walls" or "sheets", that may span between several hundred million light-years to 10 billion light-years, covering more than 5% of the observable universe. These are the largest structures known to date.
Laniakea Supercluster - Wikipedia
WEBThe most massive galaxy clusters of the Laniakea Supercluster are Virgo, Hydra, Centaurus, Abell 3565, Abell 3574, Abell 3521, Fornax, Eridanus, and Norma. The entire supercluster consists of approximately 300 to 500 known galaxy clusters and groups.
Scientists find galaxy supercluster as massive as 26 quadrillion …
WEBMar 20, 2024 · Astronomers have discovered a treasure trove of 662 new galactic superclusters, the most prominent of which, the Einasto Supercluster, contains a staggering mass equivalent to 26 quadrillion...
Large Scale Structures - NASA Science
WEBSuperclusters are large collections of galaxy clusters, groups, and individual galaxies that are typically not gravitationally bound to each other. The Local Group, containing the Milky Way, is located on the outer edges of the Laniakea supercluster.
NASA’s Webb, Hubble Combine to Create Most Colorful View of …
WEBNov 9, 2023 · NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have united to study an expansive galaxy cluster known as MACS0416. The resulting panchromatic image combines visible and infrared light to assemble one of the most comprehensive views of the universe ever taken.
Newly identified galactic supercluster is home to the Milky Way
WEBSep 4, 2014 · Astronomers have determined that our Milky Way Galaxy is part of a newly identified ginormous supercluster of galaxies, called Laniakea.
Supercluster | Astronomy, Galaxies & Clusters | Britannica
WEBSupercluster, a group of galaxy clusters typically consisting of 3 to 10 clusters and spanning as many as 200,000,000 light-years. They are the largest structures in the universe. In 1932 American astronomers Harlow Shapley and Adelaide Ames introduced a catalog that showed the distributions of.
APOD: 2014 September 10 - Laniakea: Our Home Supercluster of …
WEBSep 10, 2014 · The just-identified Laniakea Supercluster of galaxies contains thousands of galaxies that includes our Milky Way Galaxy, the Local Group of galaxies, and the entire nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies.
Meet the Laniakea supercluster - Nature
WEBSep 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 Laniakea supercluster...
The Laniakea supercluster of galaxies | Nature
WEBSep 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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