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“A long time ago in a galaxy far far away…”

From the Beeb: An international team of astronomers has detected the most distant galaxy yet. The galaxy is about 30 billion light-years away and is helping scientists shed light on the period that immediately followed the Big Bang. It was … Read More

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Praise ye him, O sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars and light.

I was struck today by the image of a galaxy posted at Astronomy Pic of the Day. On the full screen it is amazing. Click it. Note other galaxies in the background. Sometimes I consider why the visible cosmos is … Read More

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“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”

Very cool… er um… hot back then.. no.. cool… but… Just read: NASA Telescopes Spy Ultra-Distant Galaxy PASADENA, Calif. — With the combined power of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, as well as a cosmic magnification effect, astronomers have … Read More

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A really old thing!

For the first time in a while I found something useful on the site of the National Catholic Fishwrap! Headline:  Oldest and most distant object in the universe discovered No, this isn’t about Richard McBrien or even Joan Chittister. Fishwrap … Read More

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