Most Distant Object in the Universe Discovered

NASA's Swift satellite is the first spacecraft to have spotted the first signs from the earliest known explosion in the entire Universe. The phenomenon is believed to have taken place about 13 billion years ago, when the Cosmos was just around 700 million years old. The star that explode... [ read more >> ]

GRB 090423 is the small, very red source in the center of this image. All its visible light wavelengths have long since been absorbed, and only IR light remains

Image comment: GRB 090423 is the small, very red source in the center of this image. All its visible light wavelengths have long since been absorbed, and only IR light remains
Image credits: A.J.Levan / N.R.Tanvir

GRB 090423 is the small, very red source in the center of this image. All its visible light wavelengths have long since been absorbed, and only IR light remains
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