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

The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times that of the sun, according to preliminary research

Solar masses are a unit of measurement used in astronomy to express the mass of other celestial objects in comparison to the mass of the Sun.

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.

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not likely. In practical terms? Definitely not. Extremely large objects can distort our understanding of the cosmos.

It is not surprising that there are regions that are more densely populated by galaxies, and regions that are less populated. The whole universe is organized in the so-called cosmic web, where galaxies and clusters are organized in strands and nodes, with mostly empty space in between. Those regions are called the voids.

The Quipu superstructure is enormous, spanning 1.4 billion light years – and it could violate one of our fundamental assumptions about the universe

Quipu, named after the Incan system of knotted cords used for recording information, spans an astonishing 1.3 billion light-years-a distance over 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way.