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Category: Astronomy

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Milky Way belongs to supercluster of galaxies named Laniakea

Posted on September 11, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Green Bank Telescope (GBT) — among other telescopes — have determined…

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