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

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

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

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 ...

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

Quipu means knot in Quechua ... Then each knot on a cord designated a syllable of the word represented at the head of the cord. For example, the name of Pachacamac, god of earth and time, was divided ...

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 ...