Cosmic structures · Largest known structure
Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall
About 10 billion light-years · Light crosses it in 16 billion years
- Across
- 10.0 billion light-years
- Vs Earth
- 100,000× Milky Way
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About
The Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall is the largest structure known in the universe: a region about 10 billion light-years long where gamma-ray bursts are unusually common, suggesting a huge concentration of galaxies. Whether it is truly one structure is still debated.
About 10 billion light-years long, traced by a cluster of gamma-ray bursts.
At a glance
| Distance | About 10 billion light-years |
|---|---|
| Length | About 10 billion light-years |
| Found | 2013 |
| Traced by | Gamma-ray bursts |
Did you know
- It is more than a tenth of the width of the observable universe.
- It seems too large to have formed in the time the universe has existed, which is why it is debated.
- We see it as it was when the universe was about 3 to 4 billion years old.