Definition of supercluster
:a group of gravitationally associated clusters of galaxies
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Our galaxy is a few hundred million light years from the center of the void in a supercluster of galaxies called Laniakea.
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The Local Group is part of a larger supercluster called the Virgo Cluster that contains about 2,000 member galaxies.
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First Known Use of supercluster
1926
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