Astrônomos localizaram a mais antiga galáxia já vista, nascida apenas 600 milhões de anos após o Big Bang. Seu relatório confirma que o longínquo borrão identificado primeiro pelo Telescópio Espacial Hubble é o mais distante, e portanto, antigo, objeto já fotografado.
Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have measured the distance to the most remote galaxy so far, UDFy-38135539, which existed when the Universe was only about 600 million years old. At this early time, much of the Universe was was filled with a hydrogen fog that absorbed the fierce ultraviolet light from young galaxies.
Astronomers have spotted the oldest galaxy ever seen, born just 600 million years after the Big Bang. Their report confirms that the distant smudge first spotted by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope is the farthest and thus oldest object ever imaged.
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