Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Shapley supercluster ...

The Milky Way supposedly lies in the immense Laniākea basin, but even that is now thought to be part of a bigger basin of (gravitational) attraction known as the Shapley Supercluster. This ...

Velocity streamlines within the reconstructed volume, with colored envelopes associated with the prominent nearby basins of attraction. The map and streamlines have been cropped to the region covered ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The Milky Way is about 100,000 light-years across, 1,000 light-years thick, and populated by 100 billion ...