Hidden Vela-Banzi Supercluster Expands Our Cosmic Map
TL;DR
Astronomers mapped the Vela-Banzi supercluster behind the Milky Way, stretching about 300 million light-years across with at least 20 galaxy clusters and a mass around 30 quadrillion suns, located roughly 800 million light-years away in the Zone of Avoidance; two massive cores are converging, indicating ongoing growth. The map draws on some 65,000 distance measurements and about 8,000 redshifts (including ~2,000 from MeerKAT), refining our view of nearby cosmic structure and cosmological models.
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