Astronomers discover largest known object in the universe named Quipu

Astronomers have discovered the largest known object in the universe, named Quipu. This massive structure spans 1.4 billion light-years and contains nearly 70 galactic superclusters, surpassing previous record-holders like the Sloan Great Wall. The discovery was made by a team led by Hans Böhringer at the Max Planck Institute for Physics. They used data from the ROSAT X-ray satellite and an algorithm to identify linked galaxy clusters, which revealed Quipu's vast size. This finding raises questions about the universe's structure, challenging the cosmological principle that suggests uniformity at large scales. Researchers have published their findings in a preprint paper on arXiv.