Scientists used the quipu’s data to build working spreadsheets, file systems, and encryption tools, rivaling conventional ...

To explore deep space is to come to grips with humanity’s ever-shrinking importance in the universe. In another shot to our cosmic ego, scientists have discovered a new superstructure, named Quipu, ...

Astronomers have revealed the largest known structure in the universe, which is made up of not only clusters of galaxies but also clusters of these clusters that form a gravitationally interacting ...

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Scientists have discovered Quipu, the largest structure in the universe. Made up of multiple galaxy clusters, this structure creates a vast cosmic superstructure that spans 1.3 billion light years.

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 ...

Is it possible to understand the universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not likely. In practical terms? Definitely not. Extremely large objects can ...

For decades, scientists have worked to map the universe’s large-scale structure, testing cosmological models and ...

Long before Spanish colonization, the indigenous people of Peru kept track of important dates and numbers, and perhaps even stories, using a mysterious coding system of strings and knots called a ...