Astronomers have recently identified a cosmic structure so vast that it challenges our understanding of the universe’s scale.

Space. It's really, really big. How big is it? Well, according to astronomers, the observable universe is around 92 billion light-years in diameter, but that's all we can see (hence the word ...

Galaxy clusters are the largest gravitationally bound structures in the universe, with each containing hundreds or even ...

For years, scientists have worked to chart the universe’s massive structure, aiming to test key models of cosmology. These efforts also help uncover how galaxies form and change over time. While most ...

Scientists led by a team from the University of Chicago recently released a study that mapped some of the largest known ...

Scientists have released a new study that catalogues the universe by mapping huge clusters of galaxies. These clusters are some of the largest known objects in the universe — and they can help ...

The interactive online map, created using data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, details some 800,000 galaxies across a vast cosmic distance. Scrolling and zooming in can take users some 13.5 ...

The discovery of a superheated star factory that forms stars 180 times faster than our own Milky Way could help solve a ...

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