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Old 11-01-2009, 04:52 AM   #266
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...st-distant-grb

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A violent explosion picked up by a NASA satellite earlier this year is the oldest object ever seen by astronomers, its light having been emitted some 13 billion years ago. At that time the universe was roughly 5 percent of its present age and the big bang was a fairly recent occurrence, having taken place just 600 million years earlier.
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