Scientists reveal the Milky Way 's position in an enormous supercluster of galaxies after 10-year quest into unknown . Huge supercluster stretches 500 million light years across and has the mass of a hundred quadrillion suns . Incredible road map reveals Milky Way is connected with planets , stars and asteroids an unimaginable distance away . Milky Way is on fringes of gigantic cosmic web , which has been named Laniakea - meaning 'immeasurable heaven ' Astronomers compared movement of the galaxies with water among hills and valleys to chart the supercluster .
Scientists reveal the Milky Way 's position in an enormous supercluster of galaxies after 10-year quest into unknown . Huge supercluster stretches 500 million light years across and has the mass of a hundred quadrillion suns . Incredible road map reveals Earth is connected with planets , stars and asteroids an unimaginable distance away . Milky Way is on fringes of gigantic cosmic web , which has been named Laniakea - meaning 'immeasurable heaven ' Astronomers compared movement of the galaxies with water among hills and valleys to chart the supercluster .