We know that we live on a planet in a solar system in a galaxy in a group of galaxies. But what do we know about our location in the universe beyond that? Some astronomers would answer that we live in ...

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On clear nights, the Milky Way appears vast beyond imagination, stretching like a river of stars across the darkness. Yet modern astronomy has revealed a humbling truth: our galaxy is only a tiny part ...

The name fits so well - Laniakea. It means 'immense heaven' in Hawaiian, and now it's home. In the biggest sense of 'big picture' you can imagine. Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's ...

Astronomers have mapped the Milky Way's position to the outskirts of a supercluster of galaxies, newly dubbed Laniakea, meaning "Immense Heaven". Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes ...