The superstructure "Quipu," recently identified, spans 1.3 billion light-years, challenging our understanding of the ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the largest known structure in the universe in terms of length, scientists claim.

The researchers say that Quipu was so obvious in the data that it immediately caught their attention. Finding the largest known object in the universe isn’t just an exciting achievement, though.

Quipu is not alone in its grandeur. The researchers also identified four other massive superstructures, each rivaling some of the largest known formations in the universe.

According to the scientists on the team, the discovery was made by ROAST, a German-operated satellite telescope, and the superstructure has been named “Quipu.” ...

Quipu has the same mass as a staggering 200,000,000,000,000,000 copies of the sun, researchers say.

Archaeology & History The Math—and Mystery—Behind an Ancient Counting Device. The quipu is a traditional Andean counting device that uses colored strings and knots in lieu of paper and numbers.

Space 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 ...

In another shot to our cosmic ego, scientists have discovered a new superstructure, named Quipu, that stretches 1.39 billion light-years across and contains the equivalent mass of 200 quadrillion ...

Quipu is the largest structure we've ever found in the universe. It and the other four superstructures the researchers found contain 45% of the galaxy clusters, 30% of the galaxies, 25% of the ...

Meet Quipu, a new contender for the largest known structure in the universe. It’s essentially a giant cluster of galaxy clusters stretching approximately 1.3 billion light-years long—more than ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the largest known structure in the universe in terms of length, scientists claim.