Long before colonization, the people of Peru kept track of important information using a mysterious coding system of strings and knots called a quipu.

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

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.

The quipu is a traditional Andean counting device that uses colored strings and knots in lieu of paper and numbers.

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

The superstructure "Quipu," recently identified, spans 1.3 billion light-years, challenging our understanding of the distribution of matter in space. This discovery, resulting from a study published ...

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.

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 ...