Astronomers have discovered the Quipu superstructure, the largest known cosmic formation, spanning 1.4 billion light-years and containing 68 galaxy clusters.

Identified using X-ray data from the ROSAT satellite, Quipu surpasses the Sloan Great Wall and challenges assumptions about large-scale matter distribution.

The find raises questions about the cosmological principle, which suggests uniformity across vast distances.

Named after the Incan knotted recording system, Quipu highlights how massive structures shape cosmic evolution and may refine calculations of expansion rates and fundamental universe parameters.

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[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 53 minutes ago

C'mon man! No banana for scale? Are we primitive or something?

[–] mcqtom@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

Damn. Something finally dethroned my weiner.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago

Imagine how big the ruler they used to measure that was.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

[...] and containing 68 galaxy clusters.

Dang, we were so close.

[–] picnicolas@slrpnk.net 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I’m sure they can find one more hiding in there somewhere

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Hopefully just 1 more or 352 more.

[–] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago

Hehe weed

[–] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 32 points 19 hours ago

something something your mom something something gottem

[–] A_A@lemmy.world -4 points 14 hours ago

(...) challenges assumptions (...)

No one else here at Lemmy has the slightest start of an hypothesis on how to go about these challenges. All they can do on this is criticize without having a clue.