Discover Quipu, the universe's largest known structure, spanning 1.3 billion light-years and containing 200 quadrillion solar ...

With a mass equivalent to 200 million billion suns, it represents one of the largest structures ever observed. Its name, inspired by Inca quipus, evokes its complex filamentary shape, resembling a ...

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

Mankind has sought civilization since the earliest days of recorded history. However, some kingdoms were the first to start ...

The name comes from an ancient Incan counting system made of knotted ropes, which visually resembles the vast interconnected web of galaxies that make up this structure. Quipu surpasses previous ...

Previously regarded as the largest superstructure in space, it has now been eclipsed by at least four others, including Quipu ... the Milky Way), potentially making it the largest object ...

but they created the quipu, an intricate record-keeping technique that used knots and strings to store data. Like the Mesopotamians, the Andeans comprised several communities, including the Inca ...

The memory of those blisters is why I stocked up on sock liners when packing for the Inca Trail. Sock liners won't 100 per cent prevent blisters from forming, but they make for a damn good defence.