The distribution of matter can be determined by two independent methods: either based on surveys of the distribution of galaxies in projection and redshift, or from the motions of galaxies. With the ...

Milky Way supercluster We are part of a galactic supercluster called Laniakea, which contains a hundred million billion stars, according to a new study. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature, ...

For more than 100 years, the YWCA Laniakea has offered group exercise classes, a fitness center and access to a one-of-a-kind pool at its downtown campus. YWCA members have for decades swum laps at ...

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - After years of gridlock, state transportation officials say they finally have the money to fix the North Shore traffic problem caused by visitors trying to catch a ...

Everywhere we look in the cosmos, we see galaxies, forming a thick network that almost looks like cells in the human brain. The cells themselves are galaxy clusters—collections of hundreds or ...

After being closed for months — initially, to add and tweak pedestrian and traffic safety improvements, and later to repair damage from a mudslide during December’s torrential rains — a parking area ...

NORTH SHORE, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - After a month of work, crews have finished work on a new and larger parking area at Laniakea Beach. It’s a temporary fix to ease the traffic at the popular North ...

It may not be stamped in your passport, but everyone on Earth is now officially a citizen of Laniakea. That is the name scientists have given the gigantic super-cluster of galaxies that contains our ...

Home, supercluster home. Astronomers studying the skies have found that our galaxy, the Milky Way, is part of an enormous supercluster of galaxies that has been named Laniakea, which comes from the ...

Though bigger has always been considered better and nicer in the yachting world, not all seafarers want big superyachts. Some of the modern owners would rather prefer a smaller watercraft able to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. On the largest cosmic scales of all, planet Earth appears to be ...