Astronomers discover the largest structure in the universe

Map covering around 29.4 by 24 degrees on the sky, indicating the huge scale of the newly discovered structure. Credit: R. G. Clowes / UCLan

An international team of astronomers, led by academics from the University of Central Lancashire and including CACR Senior Computational Scientist Matthew Graham, has found the largest known structure in the universe. The large quasar group (LQG) is so large that it would take a vehicle travelling at the speed of light some 4 billion years to cross it. The team published their results in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society…(more)