Thursday, January 7, 2010

New Galaxies Found


The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered some new galaxies, which may be the furthest away from earth ever discovered. There are three of these new galaxies, all of which are about 13.2 billion light years from earth. However, there is some uncertainty as to if they are really that far away, or only very dim. These were sighted using the Hubble Ultra Deep Field telescope. The findings can only be confirmed as far away galaxies when the next version of the Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope, is launched in 2014.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/52404/title/New-found_galaxies_may_be_farthest_back_in_time_and_space_yet

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