The Earth is the only world for us — for now at least. But our planet is dwarfed by the stars and galaxies that make up the universe. Even our galaxy is a mere speck in a larger structure, which was just revealed for the first time by a group of scientists who created a map of more than 8,000 galaxies in an effort to understand where they fit in the universe. The team placed the Milky Way on the outskirts of a massive, previously unknown galaxy supercluster scientists have named Laniakea, from the Hawaiian words for immeasurable heaven.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 16:43:55 +0000
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