The cosmological principle states that at a large enough scale , the universe is unvarying and isotropous . That means that it ’s the same everywhere , no matter which direction you are looking at . You should not be seeing a single enormous structure in a particular focussing . So imagine find out two in close proximity .

Two years ago , researcher find theGiant Arc . This is a crescent of galaxies spanning 3.3 billion swooning - yr locate 9.2 billion unclouded - years away . Now , the same team report the discovery of a 2d jumbo social organization . They are calling it the Big Ring – it has a diam of 1.3 billion light - years and it is also 9.2 billion light - years away . The two are only 12 degrees aside in the sky .

“ We could expect maybe one exceedingly large structure in all our observable universe . Yet , the Big Ring and the Giant Arc are two immense structures and are even cosmological neighbours , which is extraordinarily riveting , ” discoverer Alexia Lopez , a graduate researcher from the University of Central Lancashire , said in astatement .

“ Neither of these two radical - orotund structures is comfortable to explain in our current understanding of the cosmos . And their ultra - orotund sizes , classifiable shape , and cosmological propinquity must surely be telling us something important – but what precisely ? ”

An accurate account for this is yet to be provided . harmonize to the cosmological rule , galaxies should be equally distributed , and despite the comportment of galaxy bunch and the so - called cosmic World Wide Web , these social structure tend to average out . So construction can not grow beyond a certain bound .

“ Cosmologists figure the current theoretical size limit of structures to be 1.2 billion light - years , yet both of these structure are much gravid – the Giant Arc is almost three times freehanded and the Big Ring ’s circuit is corresponding to the Giant Arc ’s length , ” Lopez continued .

“ From current cosmological theories we did n’t opine structures on this musical scale were potential . We could wait maybe one super large body structure in all our evident existence . Yet , the Big Ring and the Giant Arc are two Brobdingnagian structures and are even cosmological neighbours , which is inordinately entrancing . ”

Further observations will be needed to confirm these claims and cater insight that the theory can use to read what the presence of these social organization have in mind for our understanding of the Universe .

Lopez deliver her findings on the Big Ring at the 243rdmeeting of theAmerican Astronomical Society .