According to the The Washington Post, there are European astronomers that have found an old galaxy. The photo of the galaxy was released earlier this year, and it was found in a Hubble Space Telescope. It appears to be just a smudge of light, but it actually is a galaxy. "European astronomers now calculate the galaxy is from 13.1 billion years ago. When the universe was very young, just shy of 600 billion years." Matthew Lambert of the Paris Observatory, believes that the galaxy is so ancient that it no longer exists in its earlier form and that it must've already merged into bigger neighbors. It had taken the astronomers 16 hours to figure out the age of this unknown galaxy. The galaxy is currently unnamed. I found this topic very interesting. It amazed me how something could be in the galaxy for such a long period of time, and the astronomers have not been able to notice it until now. It makes me wonder what else is out there that we have yet to find.
It is just fascinating how scientists can calculate years on such a large scale. It's mind blowing to think that something is young when it is 600 billion years old. It just makes you think what else is truly out there.
ReplyDeleteThat is really amazing the vastness of space never ceases to amaze me. It is remarkable that astronomers think this may be the oldest thing they have ever seen. This is an important discovery, but there is so much more for us to discover in outer space and the possibilities are endless.
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