In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

Astronomers used an array of telescopes to find the most massive radio jet in the early universe. The celestial object is ...

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

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...

Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.

It is not surprising that there are regions that are more densely populated by galaxies, and regions that are less populated.

Astronomers have discovered the largest-scale structure in the known universe (Representative picture). Astronomers have discovered what they are calling the largest-known structure in the universe.

The Shapley supercluster was one of five giant structures detected in a new study of the local universe. Previously regarded as the largest superstructure in space, it has now been eclipsed by at ...

The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local universe. At its center, the Tarantula Nebula hosts the most ...

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 ...