Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Physics have discovered a massive galactic structure named 'Quipu' that measures 1.4 billion light-years long, dwarfing the Milky Way. This groundbreaking finding emerged from a detailed analysis of the ROSAT X-ray satellite survey data. Quipu is believed to be primarily composed of dark matter and significantly enhances the knowledge of vast cosmic structures and their distribution. This structure surpasses the previous record holder, the Sloan Great Wall, raising questions about possible even larger structures like the Hercules Corona-Borealis Great Wall.
If you look at the distribution of the galaxy clusters in the sky in a spherical shell with a distance of 416 to 826 million light-years, you immediately notice a huge structure that stretches from high northern latitudes to almost the southern end of the sky.
The discovery of 'Quipu' could have considerable implications for our understanding of the larger structures lurking in the universe and how to accurately map them.
Quipu stretches across huge swathes of the night sky, largely composed of dark matter, which accounts for 85 percent of all mass in the universe.
Quipu's immense length appears to break the previous record set by the 'Sloan Great Wall,' which stretches around 1.1 billion light years.
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