Cluster's Last Stand

Astronomers See The Light (Of Oldest Galaxies)

Astronomers using a giant telescope say they have found glimpses of the most distant - and oldest - galaxies ever seen, a finding that will help provide clues to the origins of the universe. The light the researchers viewed originated when the universe was only 500 million years old and has been travelling through space for billions of years, said Richard Ellis, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology. The team used the giant Keck telescope in Hawaii, pointing it through a natural magnifying glass in space made up of much closer clusters of galaxies which deflected light and made it easier to see more distant bodies.

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