Russia's state-owned Rosatom announced a prototype plasma engine which could speed up travel to other planets.

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

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 ...

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

Astronomers have discovered a vast cosmic formation named "Quipu," spanning 1.3 billion light-years. The structure is ...

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

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

Named Quipu, the structure takes inspiration from the ancient Incan system of recording numbers using knotted cords. Much like a Quipu cord, the structure is intricate, consisting of a central ...

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 ...

By analysing these signals, scientists were able to trace the connections between clusters, eventually revealing Quipu as an enormous cosmic network. This discovery also required the use of ...