With a length of 428 megaparsecs, or around 1.39 billion light-years, the superstructure is the biggest ever spotted.

Quipu, Hercules, Serpens–Corona Borealis and Sculptor–Pegasus are all larger than the fifth and final superstructure ...

For decades, scientists have worked to map the universe’s large-scale structure, testing cosmological models and ...

Either way, in addition to the inherent excitement of getting to study the largest “things” ever, analyzing superstructures ...

Scientists have discovered Quipu, the largest structure in the universe that is made up of multiple galaxy clusters.

Scientists have officially given a name to the largest solar structure in the known universe. Astronomers have found the ...

Is it possible to understand the Universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

This recently discovered structure is called Quipu. It was found by a team of astronomers led by Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany. The name comes from an ...

Quipu is the largest structure we've ever found ... "Interesting follow-up research on our findings includes, for example, studies of the influence of these environments on the galaxy population ...

Previously regarded as the largest superstructure in space, it has now been eclipsed by at least four others, including Quipu. | Credit: ESA & Planck Collaboration / Rosat/ Digitised Sky Survey ...