Jun 25, 2017
11:24:29am
11:24:29am
In case you want to feel small and insignificant: the largest structure or
formation in the known universe is believed by some scientists to be the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall galactic superstructure, or supercluster of galaxies, discovered in 2013. It contains billions of galaxies and is 6-10 billion light years across. It is about 10 billion light years away from earth (light-travel distance), so anything we detect from this formation today occurred about 5-6 billion years before the earth was formed.
The scale of the universe is truly staggering.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules–Corona_Borealis_Great_Wall
The scale of the universe is truly staggering.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules–Corona_Borealis_Great_Wall
Originally posted on Jun 25, 2017 at 11:24:29am
Message modified by chilango on Jun 25, 2017 at 11:26:17am
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