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Earth's New Address: 'solar System, Milky Way, Laniakea'


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Laniakea (and Milky Way)

Laniakea, Hawaiian for "immeasurable heaven".

Credit: Nature

The supercluster of galaxies that includes the Milky Way is 100 times bigger in volume and mass than previously thought, a team of astronomers says.

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