supercluster
Cosmic galaxy grouping
A supercluster is an immense grouping of galaxy clusters, representing one of the largest known structures in the universe.
These cosmic formations can span hundreds of millions of light-years and contain thousands of galaxies bound loosely by gravity.
The Milky Way belongs to the Laniakea Supercluster.
Superclusters are separated by vast cosmic voids and tend to form filament-like structures in the large-scale arrangement of the universe.
Complete system or domain
- expansionIncrease in scope
- redshiftWavelength stretch from recession
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
- dark matterLightless cosmic mass
Big Bang · Hubble · observable universe · quasars · gravitational lensing · space-time · inflation · megaparsec
Sixth zodiac sign
Very thin threads
- voidsEmptinesses or nullifies
- nodesPoints of connection
- topologyStudy of spatial arrangement
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
cosmography · network · mass distribution · sheet · wall · bridge · knot · membrane
Extremely great in size
- immenseExtremely large in scope
- colossalExtremely large in scale
- enormousExtremely large in scale
- giganticImmensely large in scale
massive · gargantuan · titanic · cosmic scale · unfathomable · boundless
universe
Complete system or domain
- expansionIncrease in scope
- redshiftWavelength stretch from recession
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
dark matter · Big Bang · Hubble · observable universe · quasars · gravitational lensing · space-time · inflation · megaparsec · distance ladder
Virgo
Sixth zodiac sign
filaments
Very thin threads
morphology · cosmography · network · mass distribution · sheet · wall · bridge · knot · membrane
vast
Extremely great in size
gigantic · massive · gargantuan · titanic · cosmic scale · unfathomable · boundless
- cosmosuniverse, galaxies, galaxy, stars, star
- spacespace, sun, moon, stars, star
- space objectsgalaxy, nebula, planet, quasar, star
- "super" wordssuperstar, superwoman, superpower, supermarket, supersize
- cosmic structurefilament, void, sheet, wall, bubble
- Supercomputingsupercomputer, parallel processing, petaflops, teraflop, number crunching