Our understanding of where we fit in the universe has been transformed.

A data visualization of the motions of galaxies in structures called basins of attraction. The Milky Way is the red dot. Credit: University of Hawai'i If you want to pinpoint your place in the ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

Astronomers have unveiled a new catalog of massive galaxy clusters, revealing insight on the evolution of the universe. Galaxy clusters — the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe — ...

Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the universe. It is 1.4 billion light years across and contains nearly ...

Where it is: 100 million light-years away, in the constellation Virgo When it was shared: Oct. 21, 2024 Why it's so special: The spiral galaxy IC 3225 looks like it's going somewhere. At first glance, ...

The Laniakea Supercluster, containing the Milky Way and Virgo Supercluster, was defined in 2014 using galaxy relative velocities, encompassing over 100,000 galaxies across 520 million light-years.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The cosmic community of Abell 1489 comes into focus in this image of the galaxy cluster taken by ...

For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy ...

The vastness of space can be hard to wrap your head around. Say you are an ordinary beam of light blazing through space at a speed of 186,000 miles per second. It would take you 8 minutes and 20 ...