And the center of our supercluster shared a spot in the sky with Virgo. If you placed 1,000 Milky Ways end to end, they would span 100 million light-years — the size of our supercluster.

If you want to pinpoint your place in the universe, start with your cosmic address. You live on Earth->Solar System->Milky ...

In turn, the Virgo Supercluster is part of a larger structure of galaxy clusters called Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immense heaven." It contains about 100,000 galaxies, according to Space.com .

The Virgo Supercluster isn't an isolated object, but just an arm (to be fair, a tremendously huge arm) of an even larger structure: the Laniakea Supercluster. The Not-So-Great Attractor ...

The mass of the Shapley Supercluster is so impressive that it exerts a gravitational pull on this entire region of space. Every galaxy, including the Milky Way, is moving in that direction.

The Virgo Cluster - containing 2000 galaxies – sits around 55 million to 65 million light years away, and is the central pivot of our supercluster (hence the name the ‘Virgo Supercluster’).

Virgo Supercluster Find the bright star of spring, Spica, in the constellation of Virgo, and you're looking in the direction of the Virgo Supercluster. It's home to about 100 small groups of ...

That is in turn part of the local cluster, the Virgo cluster, and the even larger Virgo supercluster, which stretches 110 million light-years and contains around 110 galaxies and clusters.

The Virgo cluster surrounds itself with a retinue of smaller groups, pulling each one toward it with its immense gravity. A map of theLaniakea supercluster and its galaxies.

In turn, the Virgo Supercluster is part of a larger structure of galaxy clusters called Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immense heaven." It contains about 100,000 galaxies, according to Space.com .

In turn, the Virgo Supercluster is part of a larger structure of galaxy clusters called Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immense heaven." It contains about 100,000 galaxies, according to Space.com .