Summary
Astronomers have discovered the Quipu superstructure, the largest known cosmic formation, spanning 1.4 billion light-years and containing 68 galaxy clusters.
Identified using X-ray data from the ROSAT satellite, Quipu surpasses the Sloan Great Wall and challenges assumptions about large-scale matter distribution.
The find raises questions about the cosmological principle, which suggests uniformity across vast distances.
Named after the Incan knotted recording system, Quipu highlights how massive structures shape cosmic evolution and may refine calculations of expansion rates and fundamental universe parameters.
C’mon man! No banana for scale? Are we primitive or something?
Damn. Something finally dethroned my weiner.
[…] and containing 68 galaxy clusters.
Dang, we were so close.
I’m sure they can find one more hiding in there somewhere
Hopefully just 1 more or 352 more.
Hehe weed
Imagine how big the ruler they used to measure that was.
something something your mom something something gottem
(…) challenges assumptions (…)
No one else here at Lemmy has the slightest start of an hypothesis on how to go about these challenges. All they can do on this is criticize without having a clue.
(…) challenges assumptions (…)
Their “assumptions” were repeatedly “challenged” on this, yet they still “assume” the same … it’s getting quite absurd.
Well, there were many repeatedly challenged theories in science history that became mainstream later. This is not my field of study, so I can’t judge the quality of their work, but I wouldn’t ignore it just because of it being challenged. Do you have more insight? Is it obviously ridiculous or something?
ignorance is bliss, don’t dive into this rabbit hole unless you are really, really, interested.
I’m always really interested, that’s my life.
So what did you find about this topic ?
