That Demon In Space Is A Little Farther Out - UDFy-38135539 Is Most Distant Galaxy Ever Measured

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 12:10 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers report they have measured the distance to the most remote galaxy and have found that they are seeing it when the Universe was only about 600 million years old (a redshift of 8.6), making those the first confirmed observations of a galaxy whose light is clearing the opaque hydrogen fog that filled the cosmos at this early time.  read more

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