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Astronomers have identified what they believe to be the largest structure in the universe to date. Named "Quipu" after the ancient Incan method of record-keeping, this colossal superstructure ...

Astronomers have found a huge cosmic structure called Quipu. It spans 1.3 billion light-years, making it 13,000 times bigger ...

A research team may have discovered a star with an exoplanet that is so fast that both will leave the Milky Way.

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Some fast-moving stars within the Milky Way have been traced back to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). In a preprint paper ...

Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe. Named "Quipu" after an Incan ...

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A trio of astronomers from the University of Tokyo and Niigata University have found what they describe as "peculiar embedded ...

Our modern era of space observation and exploration deepens our connection with the universe—and with each other. When NASA ...