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Meet Quipu, the largest object in the Universe
Astronomers have discovered what is believed to be the largest structure in the universe, more than 1.4 billion light-years across and containing seventy galactic superclusters. Our solar system is a ...
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Exploring the Universe’s True Shape: New Study Proposes Challenges to the Cosmological Principle
A new study proposes a way to use weak gravitational lensing data to test the long-held Cosmological Principle of the ...
Does the universe behave the same way everywhere? Weak gravitational lensing could provide an answer
A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the assumption ...
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Does the universe behave the same way everywhere? Gravitational lenses could help us find out
A new study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the ...
Astronomers Discover Quipu, the Universe's Largest Structure: Know Significance
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery, unveiling Quipu - the largest known cosmic structure, spanning an astonishing 1.3 billion light-years. This colossal superstructure challenges our ...
New Scientist5d
Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe
The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental ...
Space.com5d
Black holes could 'bend it like Beckham' to reveal hidden asymmetries of the universe
By observing tiny ripples in spacetime called "gravitational waves" that propagate away from colliding black holes, ...