Mysterious Giant Space Blob Discovered At Cosmic Dawn

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Using information from a suite of telescopes, astronomers have discovered a mysterious, giant object that existed at a time when the universe was only about 800 million years old. Objects such as this one are dubbed extended Lyman-Alpha blobs; they are huge bodies of gas that may be precursors to galaxies. This blob was named Himiko for a legendary, mysterious Japanese queen. It stretches for 55 thousand light years, a record for that early point in time. That length is comparable to the radius of the Milky Ways disk.

Source: Carnegie Institution for Science
http://www.ciw.edu/news/mysterious_space_blob_discovered_cosmic_dawn
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[JustAnAdjunct]

It iz gauwd. Praize t3h lawrd nonbelievers!

[Knowntje]

God has gotten fat

[Kframke]

@phantomspellchecker Yeah ... You should crack open a science book every now and again.

[Kframke]

@phantomspellchecker "Nibiru is within out own solar system" you say. How about YOU try to: 1. Crack open a science book yourself every now and again. 2. Learn to understand irony. 3. If you already have achieved 2, well a hint that you do, would be welcome in your entries.

kframke out.

[Joggione]

He sneezed on the lens.

[planeshaperman]

@adantesoup I think if there was no edge, there would be no dark spots in the night sky.

[lumpfish99]

blob....hi my names blob.....but you can call me god.....either that or your telescope is out of focus.....

[Judicial78]

@adantesoup You realize that what you are saying is that the Universe has no beginning and the Big Bang never occured?

[shawnee2014]

our infinite space and the stars entering the highlight of the stars are billions of people since, the year that they reach us is how the calculated, this huge space of infinite

[blompy2]

Quasar

[Asiablue]

The arrogance of that statement is beyond measure. It's like saying you know how smart a guy is because you have measured his inner being. Science may be what we know, but it is always limited. If we can actually measure 78 billions light-years, fine. Beyond that? Well, as one comedian said: "On the other hand...I have more fingers."

[battlestroke7]

I love these new discoveries.

That far and beyound many things dont exist anymore and new things cant be seen yet.