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Astronomers say they've detected the most distant object anyone has yet seen from Earth. Two teams of scientists actually made the discovery, which they report in the current issue of Nature . Nial Tanvir from the University of Leicester in England was...
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Astronomers have spotted a burst of energy from a dying star, setting a record for the oldest and most distant object seen by Earth yet. The 10-second blast was from when the universe was only 630 million years old. Swift satellite spotted the gamma-ray...
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Swift satellite, the X-ray Telescope, left, and the Optical/Ultraviolet Telescope. Published: March 21, 2008 How far can you see with your own eyes on a clear night?...Shortly after 2 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Wednesday a spot of light just
Tags: explosion, telescope, gamma, burst, ray, naked eyes, distant object, gamma ray, ray bursts