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Astronomers Discover a Group of Quasars 4 Billion Light Years Across

Posted by Soulskill on from the 4.8-million-years-at-warp-9 dept.

New submitter mal0rd writes "NewScientist reports a 'collection of galaxies that is a whopping four billion light years long is the biggest cosmic structure ever seen. The group is roughly one-twentieth the diameter of the observable universe – big enough to challenge a principle dating back to Einstein, that, on large scales, the universe looks the same in every direction.' For reference, Andromeda is only 2.5 million light years away."

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