A massive quasar grouping was discovered by astronomers and is presently
the largest recognized configuration in the universe. This structure stretches the gap of 4 billion
light-years from one end to another.
Quasars are the brightest identified object in the
universe. This recently discovered large
quasar grouping is composed of 73 quasars and spans 1.6 billion light-years,
however, it is 4 billion light-years at its widest portion. Prior to this discovery, scientists believed
that quasars that were larger than 1.2 billion light years could not be in
existence.
In order to wrap your head around the size of this quasar group,
our own Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years wide.
(Reference: Space.com)
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