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Universe’s Largest Structure Discovered: 10 Billion Light-Years Wide!

4/23/2025

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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery: the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, the universe's largest known structure, stretches over 10 billion light-years, far surpassing earlier estimates. Led by István Horváth, researchers utilized gamma-ray bursts to unveil this colossal scale, shaking the foundations of current cosmological models that claimed no structures could exceed 1.2 billion light-years.

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Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery: the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, the universe's largest known structure, stretches over 10 billion light-years, far surpassing earlier estimates. Led by István Horváth, researchers utilized gamma-ray bursts to unveil this colossal scale, shaking the foundations of current cosmological models that claimed no structures could exceed 1.2 billion light-years.