Astronomers discover ‘Quipu,’ the single largest structure in the known universe

A diagram showing the location and shapes of five newly discovered superstructures

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 across and contains a mind-boggling 200 quadrillion solar masses. The newfound structure is dubbed Quipu after an Incan system of counting and storing numbers using … Read more