May 28, 2003 - A team of Astronomers based in Hawaii have discovered a distant Galaxy 12.8 billion light years away which shows us what the universe looked like when it was only 900 million years old. They found the Galaxy by using a special camera installed on the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope which searches for distant objects in a very specific frequency of light. By uncovering this galaxy, located in the constellation of Cetus, right near the star Mira, the team has developed a new methodology for discovering distant objects which should help future observers look even further into the past. |