A Galaxy Far, Far Away Indeed | Space Wallpaper

Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 13:00 in Astronomy & Space

The zoomed panel on this space wallpaper highlights the galaxy known as z8_GND_5296, which was recently confirmed to be the most distant galaxy known, hailing from only 700 million years after the Big Bang.

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