Astronomers’ team in America discovers ‘most distant galaxy ever’

A team of astronomers, including an Indian-origin scientist, has discovered the most distant galaxy in the universe ever found which is said to be 13 billion light years away from the Earth.  ‘Because of its extremely large distance of 13 billion light years, we are seeing this galaxy as it was 13 billion years ago. In other words, we are exploring the universe when it was only 700 million years old - the current age of the universe is about 13.7 billion years,’ Vithal Tilvi, who is currently at the Texas A&M University and a co-author of the research paper, said.  ‘This finding is a great deal in astronomy not only because it is the most distant galaxy ever found but also because it gives us clues about the young universe,’ Tilvi told agencies. The results of the latest findings have been published in Nature.  

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