By mapping the brightest explosions in the universe, scientists may have uncovered a megastructure that defies our understanding of how the cosmos is built.

Astronomers have recently discovered that the Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall, a massive cosmic superstructure, might be much larger and closer to Earth than previously estimated. This remarkable ...

A re-examination of the distribution of powerful space explosions suggests that the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, a ...

Astronomers have found the largest structure in the universe so far, named Quipu after an Incan measuring system. It contains a shocking 200 quadrillion solar masses. Astronomy is an endeavor ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the largest-scale structure in the known universe — a group of galaxy clusters and clusters of galaxy clusters that spans roughly 1.3 billion light-years ...

Scientists may have discovered the most powerful particle colliders in the universe — and they're strewn throughout our ...

Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library via Getty Images Meet Quipu, a new contender for the largest known structure in the universe. It’s essentially a giant cluster of galaxy clusters stretching ...

But now, researchers have identified what they say is officially the largest known object in the universe—a massive cosmic structure that stretches 1.4 billion light-years across and contains ...

Astronomers have found the largest known structure in the universe. It is 1.4 billion light years across and contains nearly 70 galactic superclusters. It is also hundreds of thousands of times ...

The Shapley supercluster was one of five giant structures detected in a new study of the local universe. Previously regarded as the largest superstructure in space, it has now been eclipsed by at ...

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