Astronomers Find Oldest Galaxy

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Uploaded by on Oct 20, 2010

Astronomers believe they've found the oldest thing they've ever seen in the universe: It's a galaxy far, far away from a time long, long ago.

Hidden in a Hubble Space Telescope photo released earlier this year is a small smudge of light that European astronomers now calculate is a galaxy from 13.1 billion years ago. That's a time when the universe was very young, just shy of 600 million years old. That would make it the earliest and most distant galaxy seen so far.

Source: AP/ESO

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  • UUhhhmmmm did you take my Hummer keys and drop them down the drain in the east lawn at the WhiteHouse?? This is Obama. I need my pills that are in the back seat. Please quickly!

  • LOL Zaco, arnold is young to understand this joke :)

  • umm zaco ur wrong u forgot the time lag ...its the oldest so far no dout next time think before u type

  • Media: How about "the JohnMcCain Galaxy" for a name?

    Scientist: That galaxy is not old enough to merit that name.

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