Astronomers break cosmic distance record (again)
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 - 10:50
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astronomers has shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the farthest galaxy ever seen in the universe. This surprisingly bright, infant galaxy, named GN-z11, is seen as it was 13.4 billion years in the past, just 400 million years after the big bang. The investigation of GN-z11, which is located in […]