Most distant galaxy discovered
Galaxy seen from era 700 million years after Big Bang
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This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the most distant galaxy discovered to date. The green panel zooms in on the galaxy, which is observed as it existed only 700 million years after the Big Bang.
NASA/HST/CANDELS/V. Tilvi and S. Finkelstein