Earliest Galaxy ? by dreamtrove

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Earliest Galaxy ?

POSTED BY: DREAMTROVE
UPDATED: Sunday, December 25, 2011 18:01
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Saturday, December 24, 2011 5:13 PM

Which is not to say that this story contains a questionable scientific assumption, though I think it would be wise to consider that option as always a possibility:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45771604/ns/technology_and_science-space/

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The blob-shaped galaxy, called GN-108036, is about 12.9 billion light-years away and appears as it existed just 750 million years after the universe began. The universe, for comparison, is about 13.7 billion years old.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Saturday, December 24, 2011 7:29 PM

BYTEMITE

Now that's a red shift.

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Sunday, December 25, 2011 2:34 AM

CANTTAKESKY

Cool. I love space pictures.

http://hubblesite.org/

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"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it." - Richard Lamm

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Sunday, December 25, 2011 6:01 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Humbling.

So, this galaxy was really cranking out the stars, which is very unexpected ?

Looking at all those galaxies, it's hard to imagine we're the only ones looking up at the skies.

"The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it." - Albert Einstein

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. - Someone.

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