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  • A data visualization of the motions of galaxies in structures called basins of attraction. The Milky Way is the red dot.

    Milky Way galaxy is part of a much larger, unseen cosmic superstructure

    ByHarsha Borah Friday, October 11, 2024Friday, October 11, 2024

    Laniakea, the supercluster that includes our Milky Way, may just be the start of something even grander, with astronomers finding a 60% chance it belongs to the gigantic Shapley concentration.

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