2016.11.30

Our Place in the Cosmos

The Milky Way turns out to be part of a massive supercluster of galaxies that forms one of the largest known structures in the universe. This discovery is only the beginning of a new effort to map the cosmos

COURTESY OF DANIEL POMARÉDE, CEA SACLAY/IRFU

COURTESY OF DANIEL POMARÉDE, CEA SACLAY/IRFU

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