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Oldest Galaxy Yet.....

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Oldest Galaxy Yet.....
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RE: Oldest Galaxy Yet.....
October 24, 2013 at 10:24 am
I thought this was the oldest Galaxy:

[Image: 1959-ford-galaxie-1.jpg]

Quote:This galaxy we're seeing is almost 13.1 billion years ago and so this was something like 8 billion years before our sun was even born

Just think, it's possible that we're seeing light from that galaxy and they don't even see light from our sun yet.
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Oldest Galaxy Yet.....

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Oldest Galaxy Yet..... - by Minimalist - October 23, 2013 at 11:13 pm
RE: Oldest Galaxy Yet..... - by Fidel_Castronaut - October 24, 2013 at 8:21 am
RE: Oldest Galaxy Yet..... - by LastPoet - October 24, 2013 at 8:44 am
RE: Oldest Galaxy Yet..... - by Doubting Thomas - October 24, 2013 at 10:24 am
RE: Oldest Galaxy Yet..... - by Tonus - October 24, 2013 at 10:47 am
RE: Oldest Galaxy Yet..... - by pocaracas - October 24, 2013 at 10:55 am

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