Wednesday, January 26, 2011

NASA Announcement: Hubble Finds Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen

The NASA scheduled an announcement for today regarding a new discovery made with the help of the powerful Hubble telescope. It turns out that astronomers have found what is likely to be the most distant object observed so far in the universe from our perspective.

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The galaxy, which is comprised of blue stars, is located so far that its light has traveled for 13.2 billion years to reach the telescope. The object that was previously the most distant required 150 million years

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