What Is The Furthest Known Object In The Universe?

Answer 1

An international team of astronomers may have set a new record in discovering what is the most distant known galaxy in the Universe. Located an estimated 13 billion light-years away, the object is being viewed at a time only 750 million years after the big bang, when the Universe was barely 5 percent of its current age.
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/15lens/

Answer 2

Furthest Object In The Universe

Answer 3

There isn't one. Every time we create a telescope we can see farther. Is the universe infinite then? No, there is some limit. A finite amount of time has passed since the Big Bang so objects can only have traveled so far in that time. Furthermore objects cannot exceed the speed of light so these objects have a speed limit at which they can travel. This means that there has to be an edge of the Universe somewhere, but we cannot see it and have no idea of what is there. Then there is a limit to the “Observable” Universe. Once again the speed of light is the primary factor. At a certain point, to reach us, the light would have to go faster than the speed of light, which is impossible. With the Universe continuing to expand (according to the work of the famous astronomer Hubble), and at an increasing speed, it is impossible to reach or see the edge of the Universe without exceeding the speed of light, which is impossible.

Therefore we cannot see or reach the limit of our Universe so we cannot find or know about the farthest object in the Universe and we never will. We can know about the farthest object in the “Observable” Universe, but our telescopes aren’t good enough to see it. This was shown in the Hubble Deep Field Study. Astronomers focused the Hubble telescope on a clear patch of the cosmos and took it out to the maximum magnification, they could still see galaxies and more galaxies (stars were too small to see at this scale) and there did not appear to be a limit.

Now for the kicker: The objects in the Universe are all moving away from each other, and that speed is accelerating so what we can see with our most powerful telescope now we won’t be able to see at some point in the future. It will have passed beyond our capability to see it, and then it will pass beyond the point were any image can’t get back to us, because the light can’t go faster than the speed of light. Because the Universe is expanding our “Observable” Universe is shrinking. What was once the farthest object from us will be beyond our range to see or reach. If we continue this then the Andromeda Galaxy, our closest neighboring galaxy will someday be beyond our range and therefore the farthest thing in the Universe from us.

To everyone who said Pluto: Pluto is at the edge of the Solar System, and it’s part of the Kiper Belt, which is another asteroid belt where comets come from. The scale goes: star, solar system, star cluster, galaxy, galactic cluster, and then Universe. I am not trying to be rude, but to teach. Saying that Pluto is the farthest object in the Universe is like saying that my chin is the farthest point from my brain.

Answer 4

I love the Pluto answers because they clearly were answering the farthest object in the solar system and are still wrong. Anyway, the farthest objects are quasars. Most astronomers believe that quasars are caused by supermassive blackholes sucking in entire galaxies. They are the brightest objects in the universe and thus can be seen from the furthest distance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasars

They have very recently been very important. Since objects in space are so far away, it takes millions and millions of years for their light to reach the earth. Therefore, when we see the light from quasars, in a way we are seeing back in time millions and millions of years. In this way scientists have been able to study the nature of objects that existed long ago. In do this they have recently discovered that "constants" such as the speed of light may not be constants after all but may change over time. Among other things this would toss Einstein's general theory of relativity out the window and require the existence of several more dimensions in addition to space and time. Here is one of many recent articles on this issue. http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060711/sc_space/scientistsquestionnaturesfundamentallaws

Answer 5

Farthest known galaxy in the Universe discovered
HUBBLE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY INFORMATION CENTRE
Posted: February 15, 2004

An international team of astronomers may have set a new record in discovering what is the most distant known galaxy in the Universe. Located an estimated 13 billion light-years away, the object is being viewed at a time only 750 million years after the big bang, when the Universe was barely 5 percent of its current age.

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0402/15lens/

Answer 6

Furthest known object in the Universe from which starting frame of reference?

Answer 7

So far Planetoid 2003 VB12 also known as Sedna found beyond the kuiper belt miles away in the universe is the farthest,but is still considered part of the solar system because it is at the edge of the oort cloud. it is 3x's as far as pluto and is 1800 in diameter it is not planet x but it has one stallite or object orbiting it. It is 50AU away from the sun Making it the most distant object in the Solar System up to date!

Answer 8

There is a limit on what we can see and that is the age of the universe. So if something is so far away that for its light toreach us needs more time than the age of the universe we won't be able to see it.

As for the expansion of the universe, it has nothing to do with what we are able to see because we are expanding with it. Expansion can be proven via secondary effects eg. the doppler effect on the light of distant objects.

Answer 9

till now, pluto is know as the furthest object (planet) in the universe but there could be any other object tooo further then that....

Answer 10

Pluto