The Incas used the decimal system and knots to record 1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s, and so on. The colors of the cords could indicate categories like resources, people, or geographical locations.

Is it possible to understand the Universe without understanding the largest structures that reside in it? In principle, not ...

An Inca quipu attached to a wooden frame (1430-1532 B.C.E.). ... The Incas, for example, used a decimal counting system and relied on types of knots, the distance between knots, ...

An Inca quipu (khipu) used for storing data with a system of knots. 15th century CE. Larco Museum, Lima. Credit: Claus Ableiter (CC BY-SA) An Inca quipu (khipu) used for storing data with a system ...

Newly discovered Quipu, a superstructure in which galaxies group together in clusters and clusters of clusters, is the largest known structure in the universe in terms of length, scientists claim.

Named after the Incan system of knotted cords used for recording data, Quipu stretches 1.3 billion light-years across—more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way.

Astronomers have found the largest structure in the universe so far, named Quipu after an Incan measuring system. It contains a shocking 200 quadrillion solar masses.

Named after the Incan knotted cord system, Quipu's intricate filamentary network challenges existing cosmological models and reshapes our understanding of the universe’s large-scale structure.

The newfound structure is dubbed Quipu after an Incan system of counting and storing numbers using knots on cords.. Like a Quipu cord, the structure is complex, made up of one long filament and ...