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Will the Virgo Supercluster change over time?

100 billion years from now, the Virgo Supercluster will be a single, giant mass of stars, pulled together by the gravitational attraction between galaxies and clusters. Other superclusters will also be converging together, separated by billions of light years because of the expansion of the universe. Astronomers have also noticed that many of the clusters in the Virgo Supercluster have been moving in the direction of the Norma Cluster, though they are still unsure why.

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What does the Virgo Supercluster look like?

Astronomers discovered that the Earth was in a supercluster of galaxies in 1950, but not until 1970 did they recognize the shape of the Virgo Supercluster. It is in the form of a flattened disk, similar to the shape of our Milky Way. The equatorial plane of the Virgo Supercluster is almost perpendicular to the Milky Way’s galactic plane. Our Local Group is on one edge of the Virgo Supercluster, and seems to be revolving around its center at a speed of 400 km/sec.

What is the Virgo Supercluster?

How large is the Virgo Supercluster?

Consisting of 2000 galaxies, the Virgo Cluster is only a small part of the Virgo Supercluster, which is about 100 million light years in diameter. Its overall mass is about 10^15 times that of our sun.

The Virgo Supercluster is one of the many groups of clusters of galaxies that make up the universe. This supercluster consists of our , and, as far as astronomers know, is the richest cluster of galaxies in our area. The order of the astronomical structures from smallest to largest goes like this:

Earth, Solar System, Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Supercluster

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The Virgo Supercluster

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