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The Oldest Galaxy Discovered So Far
June 13, 2012 | Voice of America

“Garth Illingworth, a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is Hubble’s principal investigator. He says this telescopic eye has spotted what is likely the oldest and most distant object ever seen in the universe – a galaxy that dates back 13.2 billion years.” Quoted from the Voice of America article.


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