A FLEDGLING star system spotted at the edge of the visible Universe could
reveal secrets about the early evolution of the cosmos. Astronomers were only
able to see the faint galaxy because the gravity of other galaxies in front of
it focused the starlight.
Astronomers have found many objects around 13 billion light years away that
emitted their light when the Universe was only a billion years old. However,
their telescopes usually only see spectacularly bright objects, such as powerful
quasars, over such vast distances.
But now astronomers say they’ve found a much more elusive superdistant
object. Using the Keck…
