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October 23, 2013 09:00 pm GMT
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Most Distant Galaxy in the Universe Discovered
On two evenings in April, the heavens felt closer. Cloudless and crisp, the stars blazed with a white-hot light, seemingly close enough to touch. High atop Hawaii's Mauna Kea volcano, two researchers used the most powerful telescopes in the world to search for 43 potential distant galaxies.
However, despite the endless clear sky and two eight-story-tall instruments, only one galaxy stood out. And it was a doozy
It took 13 billion years for the light from the galaxy — known by its catalog name "z8_GND_5296" — to reach Earth. But it was worth the wait Read more...
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