Laniakea • Our Home Supercluster 5.3.2022 • Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. But scientists have struggled to define exactly where one supercluster ends and another begins. Now, a team based in Hawaii has come up with a new technique that maps the Universe according to the flow of galaxies across space. Redrawing the boundaries of the cosmic map, they redefine our home supercluster and name it Laniakea, which mea

60K views · 681 reactions | Scientists recently re-analyzed Cassini data, and published in Nature Astronomy, revealing how Saturn’s moon Enceladus is ejecting long-chain carbon molecules (up to 15 atoms), cyclic esters, ethers, and nitrogen-oxygen compounds via its icy chemically rich ocean. If Enceladus’ ocean harbors life, what kind of alien microbes might thrive there? | Future Worlds | Facebook