Hubble Finds Extremely Distant Galaxy through Cosmic Magnifying Glass
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
Using the Hubble Space Telescope and the lensing power of giant galaxy cluster Abell 2744, astronomers may have made the most reliable distance measurement yet of an object that existed in the very early universe. The galaxy, estimated to be over 13 billion light-years away, is one of the farthest, faintest, and smallest galaxies ever seen.