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Originally Posted by Baron von Kriterium
Fascinating.
Hubble Team Breaks Cosmic Distance Record
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/arc...eases/2016/07/
"Now, by pushing Hubble to its limits, an international team of astronomers has shattered the cosmic distance record by viewing the farthest galaxy ever seen. Named GN-z11, this surprisingly bright, infant galaxy is seen as it was 13.4 billion years in the past. The astronomers saw it as it existed just 400 million years after the big bang, when the universe was only three percent of its current age." |
I suspect this record will last about 30 months or until the Webb gets launched. I actually think it will debunk many things of what people think of the universe, mainly it's age and possibly even the big bang itself.