In fact, the superstructure is estimated to hold an almost inconceivable 200 quadrillion (that's 200 followed by 15 zeros) ...

The strange behavior of hypervelocity stars suggests a nearby dwarf galaxy must contain a supermassive black hole. If so, a ...

Astronomers have claimed to discover the largest structure in the universe. Named ‘Quipu’, after an Incan measuring system, ...

The cosmic superstructure Quipu is more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and its mass is 200 quadrillion times ...

"For the first time, we could trace the boundary between the gas residing in galaxies and the material contained within the ...

"These two supernova remnants are helping us to better understand the dynamics of our home galaxy’s neighborhood," ...

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

Enabled by supercomputing, University of Pretoria (UP) researchers have led an international team of astronomers that has ...

Since its launch in 2013, Gaia has been dedicated to creating an accurate three-dimensional map of the Milky Way. Using two high-precision optical telescopes, the spacecraft carefully records the ...

NASA's Pandora satellite mission to document at least 20 known planets orbiting distant stars will start from SpaceX at its ...

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The landing site dates back to the same era when the earliest microscopic life forms began emerging on Earth. This ...