Meet Quipu, a new contender for the largest known structure in the universe. It’s essentially a giant cluster of galaxy ...

Researchers say they've discovered the largest known object in the universe, a galactic superstructure called Quipu.

In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small ...

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

The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on Leo P, a tiny galaxy with some big things to say about star formation.

A rare ring of light surrounding a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away from Earth has been discovered by a space ...

"With other previous generations of telescope, this Einstein Ring was essentially drowned out by the light of this big galaxy ... a form of dark matter, galaxy or cluster of galaxies, says ...

When light from a galaxy bends while moving past a massive object, such as another galaxy or cluster of galaxies ... drowned out by the light of this big galaxy. With Euclid, we may have access ...