Finding our place in the universe : how we discovered Laniakea, the Milky Way's home /

The book tells the story of how Courtois and her cosmography colleagues discovered and mapped the Laniakea galactic supercluster, the first and most accurate description to date of our home galaxy's location in the universe. Courtois reveals the joys and challenges of international astronomy re...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Courtois, Hélène (Hélène Di Nella) (Author)
Other Authors:	Kopelman, Nikki (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from French.
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Milky Way. Superclusters. Galaxies. Celestial mechanics.