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The Laniakea Supercluster is an immense cosmic structure spanning roughly 500 million light-years and containing around 100,000 galaxies, formally identified in 2014.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Who
researchers from the Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
What
The Laniakea Supercluster is an immense cosmic structure spanning roughly 500 million light-years and containing around 100,000 galaxies, formally identified in 2014.
When
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:26:00 GMT · 2h 41m ago
Where
Honolulu, Hawaii ·
Why
The supercluster was identified by analysing the peculiar motions of galaxies, revealing a vast interconnected basin of attraction shaped by gravity.
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This discovery transformed astronomers' understanding of our cosmic address, revealing the Milky Way is merely one thread in an unimaginably vast and interconnected universe, belonging to a supercluster where galaxies flow towards a common gravitational destination called the Great Attractor.
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