The most distant galaxy is upending our model of the universe's history

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The most distant galaxy is upending our model of the universe's history

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I stumbled upon this today. From Salon.com:
"According to a new study published Dec. 14 in the journal Nature Astronomy, astronomers have confirmed the most distant galaxy in our universe. Named GN-z11, the galaxy is so distant that it is believed to make up the boundary of the universe at 13.4 billion light years, or 134 nonillion kilometers, from Earth, meaning that the light we see from it left 13.4 billion years ago — only 400 million years after the Big Bang."

https://www.salon.com/2020/12/27/the-ne ... s-history/

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A second-generation galaxy (or at least predominance of second-generation stars) at 13.4 BLy?? Makes one question the accuracy of the Time-Distance Ladder...
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