2006-08-05 22:46:41 · 5 answers · asked by rama 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
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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/n0402/15l...
2006-08-05 22:51:00 · answer #1 · answered by blind_chameleon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the universe is some 11 billion years old, the farthest star is probably slightly less than 11 billion light-years away. I think even further-away stars have been found so something is wrong. Either the universe is older than estimated, or the farthest stars are not as far as thought.
2006-08-06 06:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by helene_thygesen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nobody knows. we havent even found the farthest star yet, juz the farthest from our solar system visible to our technology.
2006-08-06 05:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by portivee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
farthest star where
in our galaxy
in any galaxy in the observable universe
in any galaxy beyond the observable universe
in any galaxy in any parallel universe...
2006-08-06 05:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by bonzo the tap dancing chimp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
light years difference
2006-08-06 05:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by nabila 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋