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Astronomers spot biggest structure in Universe
Paris (AFP) Jan 11, 2013
Astronomers on Friday said they had observed the largest structure yet seen in the cosmos, a cluster of galaxies from the early Universe that spans an astonishing four billion light years. The sprawling structure is known as a large quasar group (LQG), in which quasars - the nuclei of ancient galaxies, powered by supermassive black holes - clump together. The discovery in the deep Universe was made by a team led by Roger Clowes at the Jeremiah Horrocks Institute at Britain's University of Cent ... read more
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