Ancient Galaxy Is Farthest Ever Seen

Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 14:00 in Astronomy & Space

By using data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope and observations with the Keck I telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have now confirmed that the galaxy designated z8_GND_5296 formed within 700 million years after the beginning of the universe.

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