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October 27th, 2013, 12:56 PM
z8_GND_5296 is the most distant galaxy from us yet, confirmed by astronomers a few days ago. The galaxy is 30 billion light-years away, with a redshift (how much the light has been stretched) of 7.51. Spectroscopy is used to see how much light has been stretched by objects very far away, and using that to calculate how far this object is from us.
This galaxy is estimated to be 700 million years away from the big bang, one of the first galaxies to have formed. It is producing around 300 stars a year, a relatively huge star formation rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z8_GND_5296
Click here for actual article. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24637890)
-link added. -Emerald Dream.
This galaxy is estimated to be 700 million years away from the big bang, one of the first galaxies to have formed. It is producing around 300 stars a year, a relatively huge star formation rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z8_GND_5296
Click here for actual article. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24637890)
-link added. -Emerald Dream.