In a Galaxy Far, Far Away...
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 12:56
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have published the discovery of the farthest known object in the cosmos: a star that exploded when the universe was only 630 million years old -- only 4.6% of its current age. Light from this cataclysm had been traveling towards us for about 13 billion years, finally arriving here last April 23.
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