<ul><li>For decades cosmologists have wondered if the large-scale structure of the universe is a fractal: if it looks the same no matter the scale.</li><li>Our universe contains two trillion galaxies that form a series of ever-larger structures: groups, clusters, and superclusters.</li><li>While the universe as a whole is not a fractal, parts of the cosmic web exhibit fractal-like properties, such as nested structures and sub-structures.</li><li>Although Mandelbrot's idea did not hold up, fractals can still be found almost everywhere in the universe.</li></ul>

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