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April 3rd, 2018 | #1 |
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Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen
Rare Cosmic Alignment Reveals Most Distant Star Ever Seen The Hubble Space Telescope has broken yet another observing record: The famed observatory has found the most distant "ordinary" star ever observed, at an astounding 9 billion light-years from Earth — which means the light scientists see started traveling at least 9 billion years ago. By comparison, the age of the universe is roughly 13.8 billion years. https://www.space.com/40171-cosmic-a...-star-yet.html |
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