This handout image courtesy of the Carnegie Institution For Science shows the Himiko object, in a composite and in false color. Astronomers announced the discovery of a massive and mysterious gas blob of the type that can be precursors to galaxies, which they dubbed Himiko. (AFP/Carnegie/M.Ouchi)
I went to college for Physics and I STILL cannot understand how they can capture an image and say it is from 12 billion light years ago.
I mean, That object did not suddenly form 12billion years ago and we suddenly see it flash into existance, why are we seeing a distinct image- not schmeered o all over the place as the thing moved and morphed over the NEXT couple billion years?