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  • 'Big Ring' Structure, 9.2 Billion Light-Years Away, Captured In Image

    01/13/2024 9:50:37 PM PST · by Red Badger · 38 replies
    NDTV - India ^ | January 13, 2024 12:54 pm IST | Nikhil Pandey
    The identification of another ultra-large structure in remote space continues to defy our understanding of the cosmos. The Big Ring is made up of galaxies and galaxy clusters. Scientists have found an enormous ring-shaped structure called the Big Ring, positioned an astonishing 9.2 billion light-years away from Earth. This massive cosmic formation is made up of galaxies and clusters of galaxies, with a diameter of approximately 1.3 billion light-years and a total circumference of around 4 billion light-years. To help grasp its size, envision that if you could somehow observe the Big Ring directly, it would stretch across the night...