Galaxies may be aligned across 1 billion light-years

Distant quasars raise questions about formation of large structures in the universe

quasar jets align with galaxies

GALACTIC LINEUP  Quasar jets (white lines) align with one another and the billion-light-year-long rivers of galaxies they inhabit (blue) in this artist’s illustration.

ESO/M. Kornmesser

The cores of several distant galaxies, spread out across roughly 1 billion light-years, appear to mysteriously align with one another.