supercluster

noun

su·per·clu·ster | \ ˈsü-pər-ˌklə-stər

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Definition of supercluster

: a group of gravitationally associated clusters of galaxies

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The Virgo Supercluster, in turn, is a limb of Laniakea, an even bigger supercluster of 100,000 galaxies that astronomers defined in 2014. — National Geographic, "https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/universe/galaxies.html," 17 Apr. 2019 The record of the inflaton’s breakneck ticking can be read in the distribution of galaxies, galaxy clusters and superclusters that span the cosmos. — Quanta Magazine, "Physicists Hunt for the Big Bang’s Triangles," 19 Apr. 2016 Our galaxy is a few hundred million light years from the center of the void in a supercluster of galaxies called Laniakea. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "We May Live in a Massive Cosmic Void," 13 June 2017 The Local Group is part of a larger supercluster called the Virgo Cluster that contains about 2,000 member galaxies. — Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, "Why the true guardians of the galaxy work in California," 10 May 2017 Our galaxy is a few hundred million light years from the center of the void in a supercluster of galaxies called Laniakea. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "We May Live in a Massive Cosmic Void," 13 June 2017

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