Most distant radio galaxy discovered beams signals from 12 billion light-years away

An international team of astronomers has detected the most distant radio galaxy ever observed. By measuring the redshift of its light, the researchers determined that the object is about 12 billion light-years away, which dates it back to when the universe itself was just a kid.

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Category: Space

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• Astronomy
• Distance
• Galaxy
• Light
• Radio
• Telescope

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