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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 08:22 PM
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Some of the Universe's First Galaxies Discovered
By SPACE.com staff

posted: 06 November 2009
01:04 pm ET

A new survey has found 22 of the earliest galaxies to form in the universe, confirming the age of one at just 787 million years after the theoretical Big Bang.

These and other galaxies from the universe's childhood could help shed light on the conditions that governed the early universe.

With recent technological advances, astronomers have been able to observe more of the so-called reionization era, the farthest back in time that astronomers can observe.

more:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/091106-earliest-galaxies-universe.html
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byronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 09:05 PM
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1. Excellent post.
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gtar100 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-07-09 11:55 PM
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2. *Just* 787 million years
:wow:

And sometimes I can hardly wait for Friday to come around. We are hardly a blip on the screen.
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