Image: Astronomers Find One of the Youngest and Brightest Galaxies in the Early Universe
2 posted on
02/12/2008 12:50:21 PM PST by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
13 billion light-years awayYeah, that's where Spitzer belongs.
3 posted on
02/12/2008 12:51:56 PM PST by
rfp1234
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To: NormsRevenge
have revealed the galaxy at almost 13 billion light-years away....Since the galaxy is so far away, its light took ages to reach us... Duhhhhh.. you don't say, could it be, 13 billion years?... Man I love reporters..
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02/12/2008 12:54:52 PM PST by
mnehring
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To: NormsRevenge
OK I admit I know nothing about this stuff but I know there are some geniuses on FR concerning this subject since I myself am a genius on other stuff. (Said with great humility of course.) Anyhow how do they determine that this thing is 13 billion light years from us?
5 posted on
02/12/2008 12:56:49 PM PST by
ontap
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To: NormsRevenge
I dream that when we leave this rock called Earth we will be able to travel the universe as an energized soul.
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02/12/2008 12:57:44 PM PST by
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02/12/2008 1:49:07 PM PST by
The_Republican
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18 posted on
02/13/2008 12:41:09 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
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