Earth’s New Address: Solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea
The supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way is 100 times bigger in volume and mass than previously thought, a team of astronomers says. They have mapped the enormous region and given it the name Laniakea — Hawaiian for ‘immeasurable heaven’. Galaxies tend to huddle in groups called clusters; regions where these clusters are […]



