Tag: large-scale structure

• The Milky Way’s place in the spacious heavens

  Finding our galaxy’s exact place in the vast structure of the Universe is surprisingly hard. We know the Milky Way is part of the Local Group of galaxies (along with Andromeda and a few dozen smaller galaxies), but beyond that it gets complicated. That’s because on one side, we have a huge conglomeration of galaxy…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 7, 2014

  Astronomy, Cosmology

  galaxies, large-scale structure, Milky Way