Astronomers Discover Oldest Galaxy Yet Seen

http://www.space.com/10691-oldest-galaxy-discovered-hubble-space-telescope.html


Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have peered further back in time than ever before, spotting a galaxy that formed less than 500 million years after the birth of our universe, making it the oldest and most distant ever seen.

The find, reported today (Jan. 26) in the journal Nature, should help astronomers better understand the early days of the universe, researchers said. In particular, the discovery should shed light on the evolution of early galaxies, which first formed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.


"In essence, the most important aspect of this is, it provides us with some sense of how fast galaxies are building up," lead author Rychard Bouwens, of the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Leiden University in The Netherlands, told SPACE.com. "It provides a sort of measuring stick."

sorry, couldn't help myself

:D

Hehe.

Wow! Wonder what UDFj-39546284 looks like today?

Thank you for a fascinating read, jus_the_facts.

...fascinating, indeed! :hi:

Beam us up, Swampie!

:rofl:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ0ajjs0lMo

Through The Never is the seventh song on the album Metallica (The Black Album).
Lyrics:


All that is, was and will be
Universe much too big to see
Time and space never ending
Disturbing thoughts, questions pending
Limitations of human understanding

Too quick to criticize
Obligation to survive
We hunger to be alive

(Twisting, turning, through the never)

All that is, ever
Ever was, will be, ever
Twisting, turning, through the never

In the dark, see past our eyes
Pursuit of truth no matter where it lies
Gazing up to the breeze of the heavens
On a quest, meaning, reason

Come to be, how it begun
All alone in the family of the sun
Curiosity teasing everyone
On our home, third stone from the sun

(Twisting, turning, through the never)

All that is, ever
Ever was, will be, ever
Twisting, turning, through the never

On through the never we must go
On through the never, out to the
Edge of forever we must go
On through the never, the never comes

(Twisting, turning, through the never)

All that is, ever
Ever was, will be, ever
Twisting, turning,
Who we are, ask forever
Twisting, turning, through the never

Never!