Galaxy cluster smashes distance record

Thursday, October 22, 2009 - 13:42 in Astronomy & Space

The most distant galaxy cluster yet has been discovered by combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical and infrared telescopes. The cluster is located about 10.2 billion light years away, and is observed as it was when the Universe was only about a quarter of its present age.

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