Laniakea
[ luh-nahy-uh-kee-uh ]
/ ləˌnaɪ əˈki ə /
noun Astronomy.
a huge supercluster of many thousands of galaxies: the Milky Way is included in one of its three component parts.
Also called
Laniakea Supercluster.
Origin of Laniakea
2014;
Hawaiian: immeasurable (or immense) heaven
Example sentences from the Web for laniakea
In the new paper, Laniakea is defined by a gravitational boundary.
The size and shape of Laniakea depend on the rate of cosmic expansion, which is described by the Hubble parameter.