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To: Oatka

GN-z11 is a high-redshift galaxy found in the constellation Ursa Major. GN-z11 is currently the oldest and most distant known galaxy in the observable universe. GN-z11 has a spectroscopic redshift of z = 11.09, which corresponds to a proper distance of approximately 32 billion light-years (9.8 billion parsecs).

22 posted on 12/17/2018 3:28:30 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2.)
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To: DoodleBob
Enlighten me please Penny. If the Big Bang was 14.5 billion years ago how can this galaxy be 32.5 billion light years away?

Sheldon

23 posted on 12/17/2018 3:35:45 PM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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