Laniakea

[ luh-nahy-uh-kee-uh ]

noun

, Astronomy.

1. a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Laniakea¹

2014; Hawaiian: immeasurable (or immense) heaven

Example Sentences

In the new paper, Laniakea is defined by a gravitational boundary.

From The Daily Beast

The size and shape of Laniakea depend on the rate of cosmic expansion, which is described by the Hubble parameter.

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