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What Makes a Supercluster?
By eye, it's impossible to pick out the exact boundaries of the superclusters, which are among the largest structures in…
3 months ago
Astronomers Have Mapped Out an Enormous Structure in the Universe Called the South Pole Wall
Galaxies aren't spread evenly throughout space. They exist in groups, clusters, and superclusters. Our own Milky Way galaxy exists in…
4 years ago
New Map Shows the Motion of all the Galaxies in Our Supercluster
An international team of astronomers has created the largest map of the movements of galaxies within our Supercluster to date.
7 years ago
This is the One of the Largest Structures We Know of in the Universe
Using data from the Sloan Digitial Sky Survey, an Indian team of astronomers has discovered one of the largest cosmic…
7 years ago
Our Place in the Universe: The Most Detailed Map Yet
A new video shows us in striking detail where we live in the Universe.
9 years ago
What Is The Biggest Thing in The Universe?
Think big. Really big. Like, cosmic big. How big can things in the Universe get? Is a galaxy big? What…
10 years ago