Now for the first time, astronomers have constructed a map of the local universe. They’ve named our home supercluster Laniakea, Hawaiian for “immeasurable heaven.” The work was published in ...

A new map of a giant group of galaxies known as the Laniakea Supercluster is giving scientists a revealing glimpse of our Milky Way galaxy's home in the universe. See it here.

Welcome to Laniakea, your home: Stunning new 3D map reveals gigantic super-cluster of galaxies that contains our own Milky Way. Word means 'immeasurable heaven' in Hawaiian ...

According to the new map, Earth's galaxy lives near the edge of the Laniakea supercluster, which measures 500 million light-years in diameter and includes roughly 100,000 galaxies.

Researchers mapped the motions of nearly 1,400 nearby galaxies in the Local Supercluster over the course of the last 13.5 billion years. Our Milky Way galaxy is shown in yellow, while our ...

Our cosmic neighborhood gets a name, Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immense heaven." Astronomers use galactic motions to create 3D map of our place in the cosmos.

The technique enables astronomers for the first time to clearly delineate where one super-cluster of galaxies ends and another gravitationally bound super-cluster structure begins. The new maps show ...

A new cosmic map is giving scientists an unprecedented look at the boundaries for the giant supercluster that is home to Earth's own Milky Way galaxy and many others. Scientists even have a name for ...