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Oldest galaxy spied from Hawaii

By Gary T. Kubota

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 11, 2012

~~<p>A scientific team exploring the beginnings of the universe through telescopes on Hawaii island has found the oldest, most distant galaxy yet detected &mdash; about 12.91 billion light-years away.</p>
<p>Thegalaxy, called SXDF-NB1006-2, was detected by a team of Japa&shy;nese astronomers using the Subaru and Keck telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea.</p>
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A scientific team exploring the beginnings of the universe through telescopes on Hawaii island has found the oldest, most distant galaxy yet detected — about 12.91 billion light-years away.

Thegalaxy, called SXDF-NB1006-2, was detected by a team of Japa­nese astronomers using the Subaru and Keck telescopes at the summit of Mauna Kea. Login for more...



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