Feast Your Eyes on One of the Most Distant (Known) Galaxies in the Universe

In the attached image, the pixelated photo on the lower right may not look like much, but it may very well be the most distant galaxies ever photographed by Spitzer and Hubble. This galaxy is so distant that light first shone from it when the universe was a mere 500 MILLION years old. It may provide some valuable answers to astronomers about the transitional period between the dark and colorless early universe to a modern cosmic expanse filled with the light of trillions of stars -- with brilliant nebulae looming through stellar nurseries and an untold number of planets that circle alien suns.

Learn about this amazing find at
http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/feast-your-eyes-on-one-of-the-most-distant-known-galaxies-in-the-universe/

Image source:
NASA

Scientists Discover Most Distant Galaxy to Date

Lurking about 13.1-billion light-years away is the coolest galaxy that you"ll hear about this year (seriously, it"s awesome). What makes this wanderer so interesting? First, it has been dubbed with the exceedingly catchy name z8_GND_5296. Okay...so maybe the name is terribly bland and uninteresting, but don"t let that fool you, because this galaxy is unique. At least, it is unique to us--it is the most distant galaxy ever discovered!

An international team of astronomers first observed this galaxy with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope. This find was recently confirmed by the Keck Observatory based in Hawaii. So, just how distant is z8_GND_5296? Well, it formed a mere 700-million years after the big bang, meaning that the galaxy is 30 billion light-years away. How did we determine this?

To find out, see: http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/scientists-discover-most-distant-galaxy-to-date/

Image source: NASA
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