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.

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 ...

Discovered by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich, Germany, the structure has been named Quipu, after the Incan counting system made from knotted rope. Hans Böhringer ...

After an Incan system of counting and storing numbers using knots on cards, the newly found structure is dubbed Quipu, reported Space.com. Made up of one long filament and multiple side filaments ...

A team of astronomers has discovered the largest structure in the universe to date, naming it Quipu after an ancient Incan system of measurement. Remarkably, it contains 200 quadrillion solar ...

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The name Quipu was borrowed from a counting system from the ancient Incan Empire that involved knotted ropes, similar to the structure of Quipu (just swap out ropes for massive galaxies ...

Quipus were originally developed by the Wari people several centuries earlier, but the Inca adapted them into a logistical tool and a decimal counting system. Through quipus, which were ...

‘Quipu’ comes from the Incan Empire method of recording numbers and other information through a system of knots on a cord, based on their colour, order, and number. The newly-discovered superstructure ...