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

Scientists have recorded the largest structure in the known universe, Quipu, which is about 1.3 billion light-years wide.

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

Harvard and Smithsonian (CfA), and its Submillimeter Array (SMA), were critical for identifying a cache of belts surrounding other stars beyond the sun where comets may reside. Regions around 74 stars ...

Galaxies in a quasar state can release powerful jets from their active supermassive black holes. The jets can extend far into ...

THE gang behind Ireland’s biggest ever crystal meth seizure were found to have connections to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, a court heard today. The crime group are the largest drug trafficking ...

From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers.

Idaho needs to have a “critical conversation” about what out-of-state boat traffic looks like, Chanel Tewalt, Idaho State ...

Astronomers have characterized the largest-ever early-Universe radio jet. Historically, such large radio jets have remained elusive in the distant Universe. With these observations, astronomers have ...

BRADFORD has long been overlooked as a city break destination but it’s about to get its moment in the sun. The west Yorkshire ...

Astronomers have discovered a massive, double-lobed radio jet stretching 200,000 light-years from a quasar that existed when ...

Making use of the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, funded in part by the U.S.