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Earliest Galaxy ?

POSTED BY: DREAMTROVE
UPDATED: Sunday, December 25, 2011 18:01
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Saturday, December 24, 2011 5:13 PM

DREAMTROVE




Which is not to say that this story contains a questionable scientific assumption, though I think it would be wise to consider that option as always a possibility:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45771604/ns/technology_and_science-space/
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The blob-shaped galaxy, called GN-108036, is about 12.9 billion light-years away and appears as it existed just 750 million years after the universe began. The universe, for comparison, is about 13.7 billion years old.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Saturday, December 24, 2011 7:29 PM

BYTEMITE


Now that's a red shift.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011 2:34 AM

CANTTAKESKY


Cool. I love space pictures.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011 6:01 PM

AURAPTOR

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Humbling.

So, this galaxy was really cranking out the stars, which is very unexpected ?

Looking at all those galaxies, it's hard to imagine we're the only ones looking up at the skies.


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