[anobjectivist]

The galaxy didn't go the opposite direction from the milky way, I don't recall that being stated in the article.

However, you would be correct as far as a galaxy that expanded in the opposite direction as the milky way, as far as I understand. A galaxy that is today 13.23 billion light years from the center of the universe, if we were also 13.23 billion light years away from center in the opposite direction, would look 26.46 billion years old. That light being emmitted from that galaxy this instant, however, will take an additional 26.46 billion years before we actually observe it.

We cannot see to the origin of the universe, or the big bang, with current astronomy. This galaxy is young, but we are still magnitudes of magnification (boy that sounds funny) away from doing so if it is indeed possible and the big bang exists.

[Licensed-To-Carry]

But I have heard the big bang described as being like a balloon being blown up. There are dots on the deflated balloon which represent galaxies but when the balloon is inflated the dots all rush away from each other at the same speed. So why does the observation of far off galaxies not reflect them as being even more distant. It's like the milky way expanded much faster than these other objects. I don't see how they can still reflect their youthfull appearance. Is it possible to see them in multiple places? Like 2 billion then 4 then 6 then 8 billions years away.