British astronomers have spotted the oldest and most distant galaxy ever discovered in the universe. And unsurprisingly it's a long way off.
In fact boffins say the galaxy, catalogued as object UDFY38135539, is so far away light takes 13 billion years to reach Earth.
By analysing the faint glow of the galaxy scientists say they have found they're seeing it when the Universe was only about 600 million years old.
The team made the find by using the European Southern Observatory VLT in Chile and produced a simulation of what the era of reionisation would have looked like… they will get Bruce Forsyth to confirm whether it looks right.
In fact boffins say the galaxy, catalogued as object UDFY38135539, is so far away light takes 13 billion years to reach Earth.
By analysing the faint glow of the galaxy scientists say they have found they're seeing it when the Universe was only about 600 million years old.
The team made the find by using the European Southern Observatory VLT in Chile and produced a simulation of what the era of reionisation would have looked like… they will get Bruce Forsyth to confirm whether it looks right.
A spokesperson for the study said: "This is the first time we know for sure that we are looking at one of the galaxies that cleared out the fog which had filled the very early Universe."
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