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Astronomers Find Biggest Thing in the Universe

Quasar cluster is 4 billion light-years wide

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 11, 2013 1:37 PM CST | Updated Jan 13, 2013 7:53 AM CST

(Newser) – Scientists have found a structure so large that it undermines their understanding of the universe. It's a collection of quasars that measures a difficult-to-imagine 4 billion light-years across, Space.com reports. To put that in perspective, the entire Milky Way is about 100,000...   Read full story »

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