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The Shapley supercluster was one of five giant structures detected in a new study of the local universe. Previously regarded as the largest superstructure in space, it has now been eclipsed by at least four others, including Quipu.Astronomers have discovered what may be the largest-scale structure in the known universe — a group of galaxy clusters and clusters of galaxy clusters that spans roughly 1.3 billion light-years across and contains a mind-boggling 200 quadrillion solar masses.
Quipu was the largest superstructure the researchers discovered in their datasets, but they also found four more giant structures. The smallest, the Shapley supercluster,as the largest superstructure ever discovered. It's now been eclipsed by Quipu, plus three others: The Serpens-Corona Borealis superstructure, the Hercules supercluster, and the Sculptor-Pegasus superstructure, which stretches between the two constellations that give it its name.
This image shows the five newly discovered superstructures. Quipu is the largest structure found in the local universe. The others are Shapley , Serpens-Corona Borealis , Hercules and Sculptor-Pegasus .The researchers also detected the ways that this matter affects the overall environment in the universe. The superstructures affect the cosmic microwave background , the microwave radiation left over from thethat's found uniformly across space.
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